Zenobia

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
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