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Synopsis:\xa0 Following the murder of the Emperor Gallienus, Zenobia successfully defends Palmyra against both Roman and Persian aggression.\xa0 \n\u201cZenobia then took upon her the administration of affairs.\xa0 She was the wife of Odaenathus, but had the courage of a man, and with the assistance of her husband\u2019s friends, acted in every respect as well as he had done.\u201d \u2013 Zosimus, The History\n\u201cThis Heraclianus, however, on setting out against the Persians, was defeated by the Palmyrenes, and lost all the troops he had gathered, for Zenobia was ruling Palmyra and most of the East with the vigour of a man.\u201d \u2013 The Historia Augusta\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices