Person

Vabalathus

king of the Palmyrene Empire

b. 266 CE – d. 273 CE World The Great Crossroads

Lucius Iulius (Julius) Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus (266-273) is a king of the Palmyrene Empire.

Vabalathus is the Latinized form of his name in the Arabic language, Wahb Allat or gift of the Goddess.

As the Arabian goddess Allāt has come to be identified with Athena, he uses Athenodorus as the Greek form of his name.