Pharnabazus Explained

Pharnabazus or Pharnabazos (el|Φαρνάβαζος|link=no) is the Hellenized form of an ancient Persian name. It may refer to:

• Pharnabazus I of Iberia (326–234 BCE), king of Iberia
• Pharnabazus II of Iberia (63–32 BCE), king of Iberia
• Pharnabazus I (fl. 455–430 BCE), satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia
• Pharnabazus II (fl. 422–387 BCE), grandson of the above, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia
• Pharnabazus III (c. 370 – after 320 BC), grandson of the above, a general who resisted the invasion of Alexander the Great.
• Pharnavaz, alternative form of the name