Palmyra (/ p æ l ˈ m aɪ r ə / pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 ‎ (), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized: Tadmur) is an ancient city in central Syria.It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BCE.

The Palmyrene Empire was a short-lived breakaway state from the Roman Empire resulting from the Crisis of the Third Century.Named after its capital city, Palmyra, it encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria Palaestina, Arabia Petraea, and Egypt, as well as large parts of Asia Minor. The Palmyrene Empire was ruled by Queen Zenobia, officially as regent for her son Vaballathus, who inherited the ...

Odaenathus, the lord of Palmyra, declared himself king before riding into battle against the Sassanians after news of the Roman defeat at Edessa reached him. [1] This elevated Palmyra from a subordinate city to a de facto independent kingdom allied to Rome. [2]Odaenathus later elevated himself to the title of King of Kings, crowning his son co-King of Kings in 263. [3]

Jan 12, 2018 · Palmyra is an ancient archaeological site located in modern‑day Syria. Originally founded near a fertile natural oasis, it was established sometime during the third millennium B.C. as the ...

Sep 2, 2017 · A large stone listing Tadmor/Palmyran tariff arrangements identifies it. Caravans entered the sizeable central courtyard through a grand, triple entrance. Despite its extravagant design, the area remained unpaved.

Mar 28, 2022 · Although the remains of this small temple, situated slightly to the north of the Colonnaded Street, were rebuilt to commemorate the visit of Emperor Hadrian to the city, it represents pre-Roman Palmyran traditions.

Nov 23, 2015 · Palmyran funerary sculpture is the largest corpus of portrait sculpture in the Roman world outside Rome. Today, more than 1500 funerary portraits are scattered through many museums and private collections across the world.

Palmyran funerary portraits depict the deceased gazing forward, dressed in fine clothes. Men usually wear tunics and Greek-style cloaks; their professions are rarely indicated, though priestly status is sometimes noted. In early reliefs, women hold a distaff and spindle for working wool—traditional symbols of feminine virtue.

May 3, 2017 · In the chaos that followed, Zenobia’s husband, Odenathus—one of the great warrior princes of history—led his Palmyran troops in a counterattack. They chased the invaders out of Syria and harassed them all the way back to their own capital at …

Technology tree of the Palmyran civilization. Shaded boxes signify buildings, while Dotted Line boxes mean it is unavailable to this civilization. The vertical lines separate age availability, while the horizontal lines signify what is required to get an item.