Zenobia shooting star of Palmyra
Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (and Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman Empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This text situates Zenobia in the social, economic...
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Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2018
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Schriftenreihe: | Women in antiquity
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Zusammenfassung: | Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (and Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman Empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This text situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of ancient Palmyra |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | xvii, 284 Seiten Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 9780190638818 9780197610817 |