Palmyrene Empire

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ancient Near Eastern state breakaway state client state of the Roman Empire historical empire

The Palmyrene Empire was a short-lived breakaway state centered on the city of Palmyra in Syria that, under Queen Zenobia in the 3rd century CE, controlled much of the Roman East before being reconquered by Rome.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Palmyra Empire 1
Palmyrene Kingdom 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern state ⓘ
breakaway state ⓘ
client state of the Roman Empire ⓘ
historical empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
surface form: Palmyra Empire

Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
surface form: Palmyrene Kingdom
basedOn caravan trade wealth of Palmyra ⓘ
capital Palmyrene region ⓘ
surface form: Palmyra
causeOfEnd reconquest by Aurelian ⓘ
conflict Roman–Palmyrene War ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluence Greco-Roman culture ⓘ
Semitic culture ⓘ
currency Roman coinage ⓘ
defeatedBy Roman emperor Aurelian ⓘ
emergedFrom Roman Empire ⓘ
city-state of Palmyra ⓘ
endTime 273 CE ⓘ
era Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
event Battle of Emesa ⓘ
Battle of Immae ⓘ
Siege of Palmyra (272) ⓘ
founder Odaenathus ⓘ
governmentType military monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century CE ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ
notableLeader Lucius Iulius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus ⓘ
Septimia Zenobia ⓘ
Odaenathus ⓘ
surface form: Septimius Odaenathus
opponent Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf history of Syria ⓘ
history of the Roman Empire ⓘ
queen Zenobia ⓘ
region Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: Roman East
religion Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
Palmyrene paganism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
ruler Odaenathus ⓘ
Vaballathus ⓘ
Zenobia ⓘ
startTime c. 260 CE ⓘ
subordinateTo nominal authority of Roman emperor Claudius Gothicus ⓘ
nominal authority of Roman emperor Gallienus ⓘ
successor Roman Empire ⓘ
territoryIncludes Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Arabia

Egypt ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
parts of Asia Minor ⓘ
parts of Mesopotamia ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palmyrene Empire → alsoKnownAs → Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palmyrene Kingdom
Palmyrene Empire → alsoKnownAs → Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palmyra Empire
Palmyrene region → partOf → Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
Crisis of the Third Century → separatedInto → Palmyrene Empire ⓘ