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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Main Author: Andrade, Nathanael J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press USA- OSO 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:Women in Antiquity Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Zenobia Palmyra, Queen ca. 3. Jh.
B Palmyra / Roman Empire / History 268-272
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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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