Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.

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Odaenathus, approximately 220-267.

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Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.