Parnavaz II of Iberia

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Parnavaz II (Bartom) (known as Pharnabazius to Romans) (d. 32 BC) was king of Caucasian Iberia (63-32 BC), the last in Iberian Arsacid line.

He succeeded his father Artag who had surrendered to the Roman general Pompey in 65 BC. However, Roman power over Iberia proved to be impermanent. In 36 BC, legate Publius Canidius Crassus had to lead his army against the Iberians and brought them to make an alliance against the Albanian king Zober (Zoberes). Canidius and Parnavaz marched to Albania and subdued its people.

In 32 BC, he was dethroned and killed by the Parnavazian prince Mirian expelled from the country 60 years ago.