Queen Zenobia (Queen of Palmyra)
Zinobia or Duba was the queen of Palmyra, and with her husband she led a rebellion against the Roman Empire, in which she managed to control most of Syria.
After her husband's death, the destructive empire led to the invasion of Egypt briefly before Emperor Aurelian defeated her and her family to Rome, where she quickly died for mysterious reasons.
Family and origin.
The name Zenobia originally in Aramaic was the daughter of Zbai (daughter of Zebbi), a daughter of Zbay, also known as Latin in the name of Julia Aurelia Zenobia and Greek Svetima Zenobia, as known by the Arabs in the name of Duba, although they came from the family of Aramaic, Zenobia claimed to have a Ptolemaic origin, The same as the Cleopatra.
She certainly embraced Judaism at some point in her life as she tended to the Christian teachings of Paul. While al-Tabari claimed to be one of the giants of the Arabs.
Ruling to destroy the assassination of Athena:
While the second king of Palmyra was busy building the Senators' Council in preparation for secession from Rome in secret and openly demonstrating allegiance, the Czar and through Elayoun knew about it and decided to assassinate him through other princes who were loyal to Rome and wanted to take Palmyra's rule.
It was headed by Maan Muenus, the nephew of the king, who was in a noisy party, drinking his ears and his son, Harran al-Khomra, and entering his assistants to kill them in 267 AD. As the owner of the nursery, Zenobia receives the transitional government in the name of Wahhabat and captures Maan and the one who helped him and because she is the highest authority to rule them to death and is executed. Zenobia described Maan by the water and Zenobia controlled its power and imposed its prestige to control Palmyra.
Zenobia's assumption of power:
The 14-year-old king took the name of her son and gave birth to Lat. Zenobia became Queen of Queens and took over the throne of the kingdom. Palmyra flourished under her rule and her influence spread over much of the East. With other titles such as the "Warrior Queen" Zenobia wears the helmet of Apollo when fighting with its destructive army, which imposed its control in the south and east and west, wearing Queen Zanobia turboprop when met with delegations in the Royal Court was one of the wives of equestrian and courage.
The Kingdom extended its kingdom to include the rest of Syria and extended from the shores of the Bosphorus to the Nile. The Eastern Empire called it the Kingdom of Palmyra and became the most important and most powerful kingdom in the East. The Roman Emperor Orlianus was invited to negotiate with Queen Zenobia to secure the borders of his empire. And to stop the march of the armies of Palmyra in exchange for recognition of the titles of her son and his royal privileges
Queen Zenobia issued the coin of Palmyra and minted the coins in Antioch and printed a picture on it and gave the Latin on the face and on the second face the image of the Emperor Orlianus, and removed from the money the image of the emperor characteristic of the Syrian money destructive for money
Rome, expanded its kingdom and annexed many of the country, but the Roman Emperor was designed to address the powerful kingdom of destruction that took control of many areas.
In 271 AD, a powerful army was sent to the outskirts of the kingdom and another army led by the Emperor Orlianus himself headed to Syria and Asia Minor to meet the two armies and a major battle between the Kingdom of Palmyra and the Roman Empire, occupied parts of the southern part of the Kingdom in Africa and reached Orlianus Antakya in Syria, And defeated them there, which led them to withdraw to Palmyra and Orlianus had reached the city of Homs, and fought fierce battles in which Znobia lot and pushed Orilianus more troops in the face of Zanobia army, retreating its army to Palmyra, Orlianus to Palmyra and besieged the walls of the h Lara arbitrator.
Zanobia had fortified the city and placed two or three of the towers on each of the towers of the wall, throwing stones at the attackers and smashing them with the burning oil shells, which were known as Greek fire, and resisted the invaders courageously declaring the fighting to death in defense of the kingdom. Orlyanus offered to surrender and exit safely from the city will not touch, but rejected and developed a plan and tried to re-circumvent the army Orleans Ortanc near the Euphrates River, but after fierce battles took place in captivity and received by Orlyanos in the field of combat was better treatment and that was 272 m, With him to Rome did not kill her, but killed some of its senior leaders and advisers after a trial in Homs.
Zenobia died in Rome in 274 under mysterious circumstances.maaroufp4m@gmail.com

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