Iberia (Reino)

"Iberia (en georgiano, , en griego: ) también conocida con el nombre de Iveria (en georgiano: ) era el nombre usado por los antiguos griegos y romanos para designar al antiguo reino georgiano de Kartli (siglo IV a. C. a siglo V d. C.), que ocupaba el este y el sudeste de la actual República de Georgia. Se usan los términos Iberia caucásica, Iberia del Este o Iberia asiática para distinguir la región caucásica de la península ibérica. Los íberos del Cáucaso formaron una base para el futuro Estado georgiano y, al mismo tiempo que los colchis de Cólquida (otro antiguo reino situado en la costa oriental del mar Negro), el núcleo de la población georgiana actual."

"In Greco-Roman geography, Iberia (Georgian: ; Greek ; Latin: Hiberia) was an exonym name for a Georgian kingdom of Kartli (Georgian: ), known after its core province, which during Classical Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages was a significant state in the Caucasus, either as an independent state or as a dependent of larger empires, notably the Sassanid and Roman empires. Iberia, centered on present-day Eastern Georgia, was bordered by Colchis in the west, Caucasian Albania in the east and Armenia in the south. Its population, known as the Iberians, formed the nucleus of the Georgians (Kartvelians). Iberia, ruled by Pharnavazid, Arsacid and Chosroid royal dynasties, together with Colchis to its west, would form the nucleus of the unified medieval Kingdom of Georgia under Bagrationi dynasty. Starting in the early 6th century AD, the kingdom's position as a Sassanian vassal state was changed into effectively direct Persian rule. In 580, king Hormizd IV (578-590) abolished the monarchy after the death of King Bakur III, and Iberia became a Persian province ruled by a marzpan (governor). The term Caucasian Iberia is used to distinguish it from the Iberian Peninsula in Western Europe."