Ancient Rome · TURNING POINT ·
Palmyrene Empire (270)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Zenobia’s Palmyra”
AD 270 — The queen of a caravan city conquers Egypt and Anatolia to Ankara in Rome’s name, then in her own. The hatched east on your map is hers.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Crisis of the Third Century (chapter 8 of Ancient Rome)
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- The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476
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