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: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Women in antiquity.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190638818 0190638818 |