Zenobia, not content to remain a Roman…

269 CE

Zenobia, not content to remain a Roman client, crosses the line into open rebellion when she proclaims her independence from Rome in 269, while Claudius Gothicus, the successor of Emperor Gallienus, is preoccupied with defending the borders of the empire against Germanic invasions.

Atyling herself queen regent of Palmyra, she has her own young son Wahballat adopt his father's titles of “king of kings” and “corrector totius Orientis”.

Roman officials in the East are caught between loyalty to the emperor and Zenobia's increasing demands for allegiance. 

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Palmyra > Tudmur Hims Syria View →

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Vabalathus View → Zenobia View →

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Bithynia et Pontus (Roman province) View → Galatia (Roman province) View → Syria Palæstina, Roman province of (Judea, Samaria, and Idumea) View → Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid View → Roman Empire (Rome): Non-dynastic View → Palmyrene Empire View →

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Classical antiquity View → Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Civil “War” of 235-84) View →

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