Zenobia: shooting star of Palmyra

Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (and Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman Empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This text situates Zenobia in the social, economic...

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Main Author: Andrade, Nathanael J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Image
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press November 2018
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Andrade, Nathanael J., Zenobia : shooting star of Palmyra] (2020) (Weingarten, Judith)
[Rezension von: Andrade, Nathanael J., Zenobia : shooting star of Palmyra] (2019) (Sartre, Maurice, 1944 -)
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zenobia Palmyra, Queen ca. 3. Jh.
Further subjects:B Tadmur (Syria) ; History
B Rome History Aurelian, 270-275
B Queens (Syria) (Tadmur) Biography
B Queens ; Syria ; Tadmur ; Biography
B Tadmur (Syria) History
B Rome ; History ; Aurelian, 270-275
B Zenobia Queen of Palmyra
B Zenobia ; Queen of Palmyra
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Summary:Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (and Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman Empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This text situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of ancient Palmyra
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Previously issued in print: 2018
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
ISBN:0190638842
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190638818.001.0001