![]() ![]() Her rise and fall have inspired historians, artists and novelists, and she is a patriotic symbol in Syria. Zenobia died after 274, and many tales have been recorded about her fate. The queen maintained a stable administration which governed a multicultural multiethnic empire. She was tolerant toward her subjects and protected religious minorities. Zenobia was a cultured monarch and fostered an intellectual environment in her court, which was open to scholars and philosophers. The Romans were victorious after heavy fighting the queen was besieged in her capital and captured by Aurelian, who exiled her to Rome, where she spent the remainder of her life. ![]() Zenobia, Warrior Queen by Haley Elizabeth Garwood (2005), and Zenobia. However, in reaction to the campaign of the Roman emperor Aurelian in 272, Zenobia declared her son emperor and assumed the title of empress (declaring Palmyra's secession from Rome). The subject of Zenobia was the perennial fascination, if not the obsession. After the Romans assassinate Zebia's husband, she pulls herself from the depths of despair and does what she does best - marches her army against an ally turned enemy. By mid-271 her realm extended from Ancyra, central Anatolia, to Upper Egypt, although she remained nominally subordinate to Rome. The fourth book in Haley Elizabeth Garwood's Warrior Queen Series, Zebia, is the story of a 3rd century Syrian queen who fights the Romans. also, novelists such as Haley Elizabeth Garwood and playwrights such as Nick. In 270, Zenobia launched an invasion that brought most of the Roman East under her sway and culminated with the annexation of Egypt. In contemporary Syria, Zenobia is viewed as a loyal symbol her portrait. ![]()
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