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Zenobia : shooting star of Palmyra
Title
Zenobia : shooting star of Palmyra / Nathanael J. Andrade.
ISBN
9780190638818
0190638818
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018
Physical Description
xvii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Summary
Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. This book situates Zenobia in the social, economic, cultural, and material context of her Palmyra.
Other formats
Online version: Andrade, Nathanael J. Zenobia. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2019
Series
Women in antiquity
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Zenobia's likenesses
Palmyra, Zenobia's city
Urban landscape
Social landscape
Embryonic star
Social world
Coming of age
Rising star
Marital household
Widowhood
Shooting star
Dynasty
Civil war
Epilogue: fallen star
Legacy and likenesses
Appendix 1. Palmyrene monuments mentioned
Appendix 2. Brief and simple guide to Palmyrenean Aramaic
Appendix 3. Inscriptions for Odainath's household.
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