Zenobia
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- For the Georgian princess and the wife of Rhadamistus see Zenobia (Iberia)
- This article is about the Queen of the Palmyrene Empire who conquered Egypt.
Septimia Zenobia (or Xenobia) is the name commonly used for the daughter of (= "bat" or "bath") Zabaai ben Selim. The widow of Septimius Odaenathus, she reigned as Queen of Palmyra from 267 to 272 as regent for her infant son Vaballathus.
Portraits
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Baroque fantasy portrait by C. A. Tavella
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Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra, Herbert Schmalz
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Zenobia sentences to death Meonius, murderer of her husband Odaenathus
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The Triumph of Aurelian or Queen Zenobia in front of Aurelian, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1717