Empress Zenobia Palmyra's rebel queen

By:

Southern, Pat

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Hambledon Continuum 2008Description: x, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9781847250346

Subject(s):

Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra

DDC classification:

939.43092SOU

Summary: The ancient sources for the life and times of Zenobia are sparse, and the surviving literary works are biased towards the Roman point of view, much as are the sources for two other famous women who challenged Rome, Cleopatra and Boudica. In Empress Zenobia, Pat Southern seeks to tell the other side of the legendary 3rd century queen's place in history.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-207) and index.

The ancient sources for the life and times of Zenobia are sparse, and the surviving literary works are biased towards the Roman point of view, much as are the sources for two other famous women who challenged Rome, Cleopatra and Boudica. In Empress Zenobia, Pat Southern seeks to tell the other side of the legendary 3rd century queen's place in history.

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