ODENATHUS, SEPTIMIUS

sĕptĭmˈēəs ŏdĭnāˈthəs, d. 267, king of Palmyra. His family (the Septimii) had dominated Palmyra for many years, and Odenathus by his policy of cooperation with Rome raised his state to its zenith. As a Roman general he warred against Shapur I of Persia after the defeat of Valerian. He won (260) a resounding victory over Shapur for Emperor Gallienus and drove the Persians back until he threatened Ctesiphon. He also put down (261) an insurrection against Gallienus in Emesa. Odenathus' main interest was to protect Palmyra's trade with the East against the Persians. He willingly permitted his state (including Syria, NW Mesopotamia, and W Armenia) to be autonomous within the Roman Empire. He and his eldest son were murdered, and soon after his death his second wife, the beautiful and ambitious Zenobia, brought Palmyra to ruin.

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The Roman Near East, 31 B.C.-A.D. 337
Book by Fergus Millar; Harvard University Press, 1993
Subjects: Middle East--History--To 622, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...Hauran, 430 Numenius, Neo-Platonist from Apamea, 518 Obaishat, tribe in Hauran region, 395 , 428 -429 Odenathus Septimius Odenathus , from Palmyra, status AD 250 s , 157 -158; status and role AD 150 s- 260 s , 161 -162, 165 , 167...
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The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire - Vol. 2
Book by M. Rostovtzeff; Clarendon Press, 1957
Subjects: Rome--Economic Conditions, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D, Rome--Social Conditions
...709 , n. 7. Octavian Octavianus , 28, 29, 208, 503; see also Augustus. Octodurenses, 83, 571 , n. 5. Odenathus, Septimius, 429, 444, 663 , n. 31, 731 , n. 8. Odessus Varna , 249, 645 , n. 86, 689 . Odrysian dynasty, 251...
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Rome, the Greek World, and the East The Greek World, the Jews, and the East
Book by Fergus Millar, Hannah M. Cotton, Guy M. Rogers; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: Greece--Civilization, Rome--Civilization
...1TaTpuJva ETOUS 060., The two inscriptions of the Seleucid year 563 (A.D. 2$i/2) relate to a son of Odenathus, Septimius Hairanes, who is himself already of Roman senatorial rank, 6UyK?I?TaKOS?SNQLTYQ. It is extremely significant...
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A History of the Roman People
Book by Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo; Prentice-Hall, 1962
Subjects: Rome--Civilization, Rome--History
...Cinna, 200 Octavius, M. tribune , deposition of, 174 , 214 October Horse, see Religious feasts and festivals Odenathus P. Septimius ruler of Palmyra , 399 , 400 Old Stone Age, see Paleolithic Olisipo, see Lisbon Omens, 72 , 118 , 166 , 175...
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Aurelian and the Third Century
Book by Alaric Watson; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Aurelian--Emperor Of Rome--Ca. 215-275, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Aurelian, 270-275
...2, 58 Hercules 173 , 184 ; Aurelian and 184 , 190 , 197 Herennianus son of Odenathus 58 , 84 Herodes son of Odenathus 58 Herodianus, Septimius son of Odenathus 32 , 58 , 60 Heruli 39 - 40 , 43 , 103 , 107 Historia Augusta HA 209 -11; Apollonius...
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Odenathus, Septimius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ODENATHUS, SEPTIMIUS septim e s odina th s, d. 267, king...dominated Palmyra for many years, and Odenathus by his policy of cooperation with Rome...insurrection against Gallienus in Emesa. Odenathus main interest was to protect Palmyras...
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Palmyra , Ancient City, Syria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...established (c.a.d. 30). Local tribes vied for control, which fell to the Septimii by the 3d cent. a.d. Septimius Odenathus built Palmyra into a strong autonomous state that practically embraced the Eastern Empire, including Syria, NW...
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Zenobia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZENOBIA zino be , d. after 272, queen of Palmyra . She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus . He was murdered, probably through her contrivance, and she obtained rule of his lands in the name of her son. She expanded...


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