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1. Zenobia was an ancient queen of the Eastern city of Palmyra who became a substantial threat to the Roman empire. (Web site)
2. Zenobia was a third-century queen of Palmyra, a "warrior queen." Zenobia led her people in a war against Rome, much like Boudica did in England.
3. Zenobia, a Palmyrene warrior queen, daringly declared independence from Rome and sought to establish her own united kingdom in the East. (Web site)
4. Zenobia was the second wife of Odainat, ruler of Palmyra, who aided the Romans in their struggles against the Persian Sasanians. (Web site)
5. Zenobia is a fortress doomed to collapse upon itself.

Odenathus

1. A rival emperor ruled in the West, and Odenathus and Zenobia had created a separate state around Palmyra in the East. (Web site)
2. Herod, the son of Odenathus, though not of Zenobia, a young man of a soft and effeminate temper, 57 was killed with his father. (Web site)

Vaballathus

1. For coins with the heads of Zenobia and Vaballathus see infra, Egypt under the Romans. (Web site)

Odaenathus

1. Odaenathus and Zenobia held the Persians at bay, but the Alemanni penetrated into Italy itself before Aurelian defeated them and drove them out. (Web site)
2. Although Zenobia and Vaballathus attempted to revive Odaenathus's memory in Vaballathus, they did not strike when it was freshest, when Odaenathus died.

East

1. Though undoubtedly relieved to see Vaballath recognized, Zenobia intended that she, not Aurelian, command the east with her son. (Web site)
2. It flourished until the ambitious design of Odenathus and Zenobia to play the leading part in the East caused its destruction by the Romans.
3. Zenobia wanted to make Palmyra the dominant city in the east and wanted to rule over Rome's eastern provinces. (Web site)

Story

1. It is here that Septimia Zenobia enters the story. (Web site)

Power

1. Upon Odaenathus ' death, power went to his younger son, who in his position of power, was dominated by his mother, Zenobia.
2. To many, the story of Zenobia is one about the ambitious quest for power and the responsibilities that power entails. (Web site)

Control

1. His widow Zenobia takes control of Palmyra 268– Gallienus defeats Gothic invasion, but is later assassinated. (Web site)

Title

1. He had scarcely time to assume the title of Augustus, before he was sacrificed by Zenobia to the memory of her husband.

World

1. To explore the treasures hidden beneath the surface or dive the ZENOBIA, one of the best three wrecks dives in the World. (Web site)

Young Son

1. Following the assassination of her husband, in which she is believed to have been implicated, Zenobia succeeded to power as regent for their young son. (Web site)

Roman Empire

1. I am surprised that Zenobia who took over half the Roman Empire in the east for the better part of two decades is not mentioned. (Web site)
2. At the height of her power, Zenobia held a significant portion of the eastern territories of the Roman Empire. (Web site)

Eastern Roman Empire

1. Odenathus and Zenobia used Roman titles, commanded Roman legions, and successfully defended the eastern Roman empire from a foreign enemy.

Sassanid Empire

1. Within six months, his armies stood at the gates of Palmyra, which surrendered when Zenobia tried to flee to the Sassanid Empire.

Victorinus

1. Postumus and Victorinus, usurpers in Gaul, and Zenobia of Palmyra were yet to be subdued.

Gallienus

1. A force sent by Gallienus against Zenobia was defeated. (Web site)

Rome

1. Zenobia and Vaballathus tried to flee from the city, but they were captured and taken to Rome (272). (Web site)
2. With the legions at her disposal, and aided by the continuing struggle for Rome, Zenobia conquered Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Asia Minor and Lebanon. (Web site)

Queen Zenobia

1. Queen Zenobia flees under cover of darkness to Emesa (Syria).

Queen

1. The Syrian city Palmyra had long protected Rome against Persian invasion, but under its queen Zenobia, Palmyra broke away from Roman hegemony. (Web site)
2. Queen Zenobia was an effective ruler and her armies conquered most of Anatolia (Asia Minor) in 270, and the city declared its independence from Rome. (Web site)
3. Aurelian defeated Queen Zenobia in the Battle of Immae and again, decisively, in the Battle of Emesa. (Web site)

Oliver Hardy

1. Roach decided to make a film without Stan Laurel, but with Oliver Hardy, Zenobia.

Reign

1. Aureliano, has a change of heart and frees Zenobia and Arsace to reign together over Palmyra provided they both swear fealty to the Roman Empire.
2. Its magnificent remains tell of a heroic history during the reign of Queen Zenobia. (Web site)

Reigns

1. Vaballathus and Zenobia Offers a biography and overview of the reigns of the Roman Emperors Vacallathus and Zenobia. (Web site)
2. Offers a biography and overview of the reigns of the Roman Emperors Vacallathus and Zenobia.
3. Ruling as a regent for her infant son Vaballathus, Zenobia took the reigns of power with which she had already become so familiar. (Web site)

Eastern Provinces

1. At roughly the same time, the eastern provinces seceded as the Empire of Palmyra, or the Palmyrene Empire, under the rule of Queen Zenobia. (Web site)

Son

1. Vaballathus, the son of Zenobia, was given this title when Zenobia claimed it for him.
2. Zenobia started as a regent for her son, but then claimed the throne, defying the Romans, and rode into battle against them. (Web site)
3. Zenobia bestowed upon herself and her son the honorific titles of Augusta and Augustus. (Web site)

Hal Roach

1. Whilst waiting for a contractual issue between Laurel and Hal Roach to be resolved, Hardy made Zenobia with Harry Langdon. (Web site)

Romans

1. At Palmyra, Zenobia prepared the defenses of the city, which was soon under siege by the Romans. (Web site)
2. Eventually the Romans did take Palmyra back, and they took Zenobia to Rome as a prisoner, in golden chains.
3. Leaving in the place a garrison of Romans, he returned to Europe, carrying with him Zenobia and her family, who were destined to grace his triumph.

Emesa

1. Zenobia and her son escaped from Emesa on camel back with help from the Sassanids, but they were captured on the Euphrates River by Aurelian’s horsemen. (Web site)
2. Victorinus is murdered and his soldiers proclaim Tetricus I emperor 272– Aurelian defeats Zenobia at Antioch and Emesa and takes Palmyra. (Web site)
3. Emesa was also Roman Emperor Aurelian's headquarter during his campaign against Queen Zenobia of Palmyra.

Aurelian

1. Zenobia reached Antioch considerably ahead of Aurelian, in time to convince the populace that she and Zabdas could defend the city against the Romans. (Web site)
2. Zenobia and Vaballathus were taken as hostages to Rome by Aurelian. (Web site)
3. Zenobia was unable to remove her treasury at Emesa before Aurelian successfully entered and besieged Emesa. (Web site)

Palmyra

1. It was at Palmyra in Syria that I began to tell the story of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, and the rebellion that she led against imperial Rome. (Web site)
2. Queen of Syria, Zenobia of Palmyra, is descended from Cleopatra, through her granddaughter Drusilla of Mauretania, the only child of Ptolemy of Mauretania. (Web site)
3. Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, took the country away from the Romans when she conquered Aegyptus in 269, declaring herself the Queen of Egypt also. (Web site)

Zenobia

1. Eventually Zenobia and her son were captured and made to walk on the streets of Rome in his triumph. (Web site)
2. In A.D. 272 he marched against Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, who ventured to defy the power of Rome.
3. When Aurelian attempted to assume control of the province again, Zenobia at first asked Aurelian to declare her son "Duke of the Romans" which he agreed to. (Web site)

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