Zenobia

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This article is about the Queen of the Palmyrene Empire who conquered Egypt. For other uses, see Zenobia (disambiguation).

Septimia Zenobia (or Xenobia) is the name commonly used for the daughter of (= "bat" or "bath") Zabaai ben Selim. The widow of Septimius Odaenathus, she reigned as Queen of Palmyra from 267 to 272 as regent for her infant son Vaballathus.

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		Baroque fantasy portrait by C. A. Tavella	Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra, Herbert Schmalz
Zenobia sentences to death Meonius, murderer of her husband Odaenathus