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Zenobia

3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

9 dated entries naming Zenobia, drawn from 8 separate years between 240 CE and 275 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century

  • 240Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrene Empire (d. 274)source
  • 267King Septimius Odaenathus of Palmyra makes plans for a campaign in Cappadocia against the Goths. He is assassinated, along with his eldest son, most probably by his nephew due to a previous altercation between him and Odaenathus. His wife Zenobia succeeds him, and rules Vaballathus (the Palmyrene Empire) with her young son.source
  • 269Queen Zenobia conquers Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, parts of Mesopotamia and Anatolia and Egypt, giving her control of Rome's grain supply. The library at Alexandria is partly burned during a raid by Zabdas, general of Zenobia.source
  • 270Zenobia seizes control of Roman Arabia and Egypt.source
  • 271Aurelian withdraws Rome's administrative and military presence from Dacia (modern Romania), thereby rationalizing the Danube frontier and freeing resources for the forthcoming campaign against Zenobia.source
  • 271Zenobia invades Asia Minor and seizes control of Cilicia and Galatia before being stalled in Bithynia.source
  • 272Battle of Immae: Aurelian defeats the Palmyrene heavy cavalry (clibanarii) near Antioch. Queen Zenobia flees under cover of darkness to Emesa (Syria).source
  • 274Rome greets Aurelian as Restitutor Orbis ("Restorer of the World") and accords him a magnificent triumph (victory procession), which is graced by his captives Zenobia, Tetricus I, and his son Tetricus II.source
  • 275Approximate date – Septimia Zenobia, queen of the Palmyrene Empire (b. c. 240)source

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