Zenobia: shooting star of Palmyra
Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. This book situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of her Palmyra...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2018
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| 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: | Women in Antiquity Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Tadmur (Syria)-History
B Rome-History-Aurelian, 270-275 B Electronic books B Queens-Syria-Tadmur-Biography B Zenobia,-Queen of Palmyra |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
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| Summary: | Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. This book situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of her Palmyra. Cover -- Half title -- Series -- Zenobia -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Zenobia's Likenesses -- Part I Palmyra, Zenobia's City -- 2 Urban Landscape -- 3 Social Landscape -- Part II Embryonic Star -- 4 Social World -- 5 Coming of Age -- Part III Rising Star -- 6 Marital Household -- 7 Widowhood -- Part IV Shooting Star -- 8 Dynasty -- 9 Civil War -- Part V Epilogue: Fallen Star -- 10 Legacy and Likenesses -- Appendix 1: Palmyrene Monuments Mentioned -- Appendix 2: Brief and Simple Guide to Palmyrenean Aramaic -- Appendix 3: Inscriptions for Odainath's Household -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0190638826 |