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Introduction Introduction
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Zenobia: The Sources Zenobia: The Sources
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Zenobia’s Family, Childhood, and Marriage Zenobia’s Family, Childhood, and Marriage
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Zenobia’s Widowhood and Rise to Power Zenobia’s Widowhood and Rise to Power
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Zenobia’s Reign and Civil War Zenobia’s Reign and Civil War
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Zenobia’s Governance Zenobia’s Governance
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Zenobia’s Fall from Power Zenobia’s Fall from Power
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Bibliography Bibliography
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chapter 11 Queen Zenobia: The Rise and Fall of Her Palmyra
Get accessNathanael Andrade received his PhD in Greek and Roman history from the University of Michigan and is currently a professor in the history department at Binghamton University (SUNY). He has published extensively on the Roman and later Roman Near East, the social connections between the Roman Empire and various societies of Asia, and on the city of Palmyra. His books include Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World (Cambridge University Press, 2013); The Journey of Christianity to India in Late Antiquity: Networks and the Movement of Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2018); and Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra (Oxford University Press, 2018).
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Published:23 January 2024
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Abstract
Zenobia of Palmyra is one of the most famous women of the ancient world. Despite her fame, however, any attempt to situate Zenobia in her historical and social context confronts a paradox: there is little reliable source material about her. This chapter considers how ancient texts and Palmyra’s material culture may be used to create narratives for Zenobia’s life experiences. It also presents one such narrative by outlining her youth in third-century Palmyra, her marriage to Odainath, her guardianship of her son Wahballath, and her governance of the Roman Near East, all against the backdrop of the rise and fall of Palmyra as an imperial power.
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