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Biography of ZenobiaName: ZenobiaBirth Date: N/A Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: N/A Nationality: Palmyrene Gender: Female Occupations: queen Zenobia Zenobia, a Palmyrene warrior queen, daringly declared independence from Rome and sought to establish her own united kingdom in the East.Name variations: Septimia Zenobia in Latin, Bat Zabbai in Aramaic, Bath-Zabbai, Zabaina. Born in third century; married: Septimius Odainat (Odenathus, Odenath); children: at least one son, Vaballath (Vaballathus, Wahballat), and two stepsons, Hairan and Timolaus. Descendants: Zenobius, fifth-century Bishop of Florence. Predecessor: Odainat.Great physical strength, tremendous beauty, respected intellect and chastity, all overlaid with the suspicion of murder and betrayal, have come to stand for the third-century warrior queen of Palmyra. The scarcity of detail concerning all but five historic years of her life has not helped to demystify her image nor shed light upon her true character. Even the course of her five ruling years differs enormously from one account to another, and the majority of these accounts come from the pens of those whom she ambitiously …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Odainat defeated Sapor I of Persia 267 Odainat and his son Hairan murdered; Zenobia took power as heir Vaballathus's regent 269 Zenobia invaded Egypt 271 Ordered coins made bearing her name and that of her son Vaballathusc. 272 Zenobia captured The Life and Times of ZenobiaAt the time of Zenobia's death:272: Christians beheaded in Paris on a hill later to be renamed Montmartre273: Romans received 1.5 lbs of bread per capita per day, along with other foods274: Japan built a 100-foot ship for their emperor, powered by oarsThe times:31 B.C.-284 A.D.: The Roman Empire224-651: Sasanid Empire in Iran235-285: Period of the Soldier EmperorsZenobia's contemporaries:Decius (201-251) Roman emperor; persecuted ChristiansCyprian (d. 258) Martyred bishop of CarthageShapur I (d. 272) king of PersiaMani (216-277) Persian religious leader Further Reading Browning, Iain. Palmyra. Chatto & Windus, 1979.Fraser, Antonia. Boadicea's Chariot. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988.Vaughan, Agnes Carr. Zenobia of Palmyra. Doubleday, 1967.Stoneman, Richard. "The Syrian Cuckoo," in History Today. December 1988. |