Pharesmanes 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 705 (tpq) / 711 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 6118 |
| Variant Names | Pharasmanios |
| Ethnicity | Iberian |
| Locations | Sideron; Sideron (residence); Sideron (officeplace) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Pharesmanes 1 commanded the fortress of Sideron in the Caucasus range between Alania and Apsilia for the Arabs (τοποτηρητὴς Φαρασμάνιός τις τοὔνομα ὑπὸ τοὺς Σαρακηνοὺς τυγχάνων); he was also at the time on peaceful terms with the Armenians; the fort barred the route for Leo 3 to return to Trapezous and the empire; Pharesmanes 1 at first refused to allow Leo 3 and the troops with him to pass, but gave in when Marinos 1 and some Apsilians joined forces with Leo 3; Pharesmanes 1 then gave his own son (Anonymus 586) as hostage and agreed to submit to the emperor: Theoph. AM 6209. This occurred during the second reign of Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1, 705/711). His name suggests that he was of Iberian origin. Cf. Anonymus 586.
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