Palmyrene Empire
- Zenobia became Queen of the breakaway Palmyrene Empire between 260 CE and 274 CE.
- Zenobia was known as ‘the Warrior Queen’ and claimed to be descended from Queen Dido, Queen of Carthage, and from Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.
- 268 CE After her husband, King Odaenathus was assassinated, their son Vaballathus was too young to become King, so Queen Zenobia acted as Regent and rapidly expanded the Empire.
Rise of the Palmyrene Empire (271-272 CE)
- The rise of the Palmyrene Empire, ended any hopes Parthia may have had of retaking the Eastern Mediterranean.
- During 270-271 CE Queen Zenobia conquered Egypt, Syria, Syria Palaestina and Asia Minor as far as Ankara.
- Queen Zenobia ruled the Empire from her official Capital at Palmyra, and but also from Antioch, in Syria.
Fall of the Palmyrene Empire (273 CE)
- She was eventually defeated by Aurelian in 272 and 273 CE and paraded in Rome during Aurlian’s Roman Triumph.
- Zenobia spent the rest of her life as a captive in a Villa in Tivoli, close to Hadrian's Villa near Rome.
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