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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Septimius
		Severus or Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus), 146-211, Roman emperor (193-211), b.
		He was a close friend of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, under whom he was libellorum magister [master of the rolls] and later Praetorian prefect; but Severus' son Caracalla had Papinian put to death for reasons that are obscure.
		She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Septimius (579 words)

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		Septimius Severus' First Parthian War of 195-6 took Roman armies across northern Mesopotamia against Parthian allies and vassals on the Middle Tigris, and resulted in the annexation of part of Osrhoene as a province of that name.
		Septimius Severus had claimed that his new province of Mesopotamia was to be a bulwark for Syria.
		Odenathus had reputedly invaded Babylonia and assaulted Ctesiphon following his defeat of Shapur in 259/60; two decades later the Emperor Carus was certainly to do so in 283, though dying in the course of the campaign.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/med/ken.html (9584 words)

	Ancient Roman Women 2 - Crystalinks
		While her emperor husband, Septimius Severus, was fighting rivals, pursuing rebels, and subduing revolts in the far corners of the empire, Julia Domna was left to administer the vast Roman Empire.
		Septimius often sought her advice, as did Caracalla when he ascended the throne after his brother's murder..
		Odenathus had been given the responsibility of supreme commander in charge of defense of the eastern frontier by Gallienus but his wife, Zenobia, declared Palmyra's independence after Odenathus’murder.
	www.crystalinks.com /romewomen2.html (4210 words)

	April 11: Third-century Crisis
		Odenathus defeated the Persians and various Roman usurpers without trying to take the imperial title himself.
		After Odenathus' death, she took the title Augusta and governed for her son.
		Odenathus and Zenobia used Roman titles, commanded Roman legions, and successfully defended the eastern Roman empire from a foreign enemy.
	www.luc.edu /faculty/ldossey/thirdcenturycrisis.htm (2235 words)

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		Confronted now by rebellions in both east and west, Valerian's son Gallienus (253-268) was in no position to contest the Persian occupation of Osrhoene and Mesopotamia, the cockpit of the geopolitical struggle between Rome and Persia, or to engage personally in negotiations to liberate Valerian and his retinue.
		Odenathus is said to have conducted several offensives against the Persians, but there is no reason to believe that he managed to recover Osrhoene and Mesopotamia.
		That she had neither the resources nor the popular support required to withstand a determined Roman assault, however, was demonstrated when Aurelian, within a few months of his arrival (272), defeated Zenobia's army in the field (at Immae and Emesa) and captured Palmyra.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /~fisher/hst372/readings/eadie.html (2611 words)

	Aurelian's Eastern Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the year 267ad, Zenobia was the wife of the leader of Palmyra, Odenathus, who was at that time recognized as a semi-independent ruler of Palmyra by the Emperor Gallienus in recognition of Odenathus' victories over the Persian monarch Sapor, who defeated and murdered Gallienuis' father, the Emperor Valerian.
		Ostensibly Odenathus ruled Palymra as a regent of Rome and the province was considered part of the Roman Empire.
		Nevertheless, the new heir to the throne, Vaballathus, was the son of Zenobia and Odenathus; it was determined after the death of Odenathus that Zenobia would rule as regent in the name of her infant son.
	www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-002.html (2155 words)

	Roman Empire In Turmoil 180-285 by Sanderson Beck
		Septimius Severus, commanding in Pannonia, shrewdly sent a letter to Britain governor Clodius Albinus, declaring him Caesar, and marched for Rome.
		Artabanus V of the Arsacid dynasty in Parthia, weakened by the invasion of Septimius Severus and others, was overthrown in 224 by the Persian Ardashir (Artaxerxes), who founded the Sassanian dynasty as king of kings two years later.
		In 202 Clement fled the persecution of Septimius Severus.
	www.san.beck.org /AB9-RomanTurmoil180-285.html (20213 words)

	AllRefer.com - Septimius Odenathus (Ancient History, Middle East, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		His family (the Septimii) had dominated Palmyra for many years, and Odenathus by his policy of cooperation with Rome raised his state to its zenith.
		As a Roman general he warred against Shapur I of Persia after the defeat of Valerian.
		He willingly permitted his state (including Syria, NW Mesopotamia, and W Armenia) to be autonomous within the Roman Empire.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Odenathu.html (245 words)

	Odaenathus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In his wife, the renowned Zenobia, he found an able supporter of his policy.
		In a series of rapid and successful campaigns, during which he left Palmyra under the charge of Septimius Worod his deputy (N.S.I. Nos.
		Septimius celebrated his victories in the East sharing with his eldest son Hairan (Herodes)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Odaenathus (606 words)

	Odenathus Septimius - NumisWiki, The Collaborative Numismatics Project
		Odenathus Septiminus, Prince of the Palymrenians, a warlike man, the savour of the Roman empire in the East.
		When Valerian became the captive of Sapor, Odenathus took the Persian Generals prisoners; and commanded himself to be styled in the first place King, and then Emperor.
		He married the famous Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, and died A.D. "The coins of Odenathus (says Eckhel) are known only to Goltzius; and if any one will put faith in their existence, let him go to the fountain head (i.e.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /numiswiki/view.asp?key=Odenathus+Septimius (166 words)

	Septimius Odenathus — FactMonster.com
		for many years, and Odenathus by his policy of cooperation with Rome raised his state to its zenith.
		As a Roman general he warred against Shapur I of Persia after the defeat of
		She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0836365.html (165 words)

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		A Palmyrene leader, Septimius Odenathus, rose to prominence as the local strong man by seeking and exploring Rome’s favor.
		He was apparently put in charge of Rome’s legions in the area when appointed Consul and governor of Syria Phoenice (256/7) by the Emperor Valerian (Emperor 253 –60), at a time of intense Sasanian pressure.
		In 267/8 Odenathus was murdered and his wife Zenobia, was determined to realize on her husband’s inheritance and to by-pass the constructions on Palmyra’s commercial interest resulting from Sasanian control of the Tigris/Euphrates mouth.
	sahab-travel.com /tourist_info (4908 words)

	Brief History of Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Parthian king Vologases III transgressed the Roman frontier in the Euphrates, but general Lucius Verus repelled his army, occupied the Greek city of Dura Europus on the right bank of the Euphrates, and campaigned as far as Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital (165).
		The weakening of central rule and Shapur's aggresive stance prompted general Septimius Odenathus, based in the prosperous garrison city of Palmyra in Syria, to lead a potentially dangerous secession within the empire (260).
		Aurelian undertook the reduction of Palmyra, which was resisted tooth and nail by Odenathus' widow, the formidable Zenobia.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /history/r/Rome_brief.htm (8109 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Festus
		After the army had made Valerian [13] Imperator, and the Senate Gallienus, Valerian, having contended against the Persians in Mesopotamia, was defeated by Sapor, King of the Persians, and, having been captured, wasted away in shameful servitude.
		Zenobia, Odenathus' wife, added to the glory of Imperator Aurelian.
		For, after her husbandís death, she was holding the imperium of Oriens by means of a feminine sway.
	www.roman-emperors.org /festus.htm (5619 words)

	Pseudepigrapha: An account of certain apocryphal sacred writings of the Jews and early Christians \| Christian Classics ...
		This woman is no historical person,—certainly not Julia, the wife of Septimius Severus, as some have thought,—but the one figured in Revelation xvii.
		Then all the world shall fall under the sway of a widow woman, as we have seen in Book viii., but who or what she is, is a mystery as yet unsolved.
		But she is evidently intended to be, not a historical character, but a mythical personage, whose existence is imagined, as has been already noticed, from some hazy remembrance of a scene in the Apocalypse of St.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/deane/pseudepig.viii.i.html (13189 words)

	Roman Emperor (Crisis of the Third Century) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whereas the previous military Emperors (Vespasian, Septimius Severus) had come from noble or middle-class plebeian families, Maximinus was born a commoner of a low-class family in a disreputable part of the Empire, and had begun his career as an enlisted soldier (miles).
		The Emperor from Illyricum recovered Hispania from the Gallic Empire, but Septimius Odenathus's widow, Zenobia, broke with him and began to seize power in the East for herself (in 272 she began styling herself "Zenobia Augusta").
		Lucius Domitius Aurelianus built the first new wall around Rome, defeated Zenobia and recovered the lands of the Empire claimed by Palmyra, and reclaimed the remainder of the Gallic Empire; for his efforts at reunifying the Empire he was titled Restitutor Orbis ("Restorer of the World").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Emperor_(Crisis_of_the_Third_Century) (919 words)

	Amazon.com: "Septimius Vorodes": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During the years when Odenathus was at the centre of Roman politics in the Near East, one Septimius Vorodes appears to have been in control of the administration of Palmyra.
		on identifying the hon- orand, Septim[ius Vorodes]-this part of the name is missing-with an im- portant figure of the z6os, Septimius Vorodes, of whom more later, who may have adopted the name `Septimius' and be in fact the same as the `Aurelius...
		Iulius Aurelius Septimius Vorodes, was procurator Augusti and also procurator centenarius of Zenobia (Bull.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Septimius-Vorodes (589 words)

	Septimius Odaenathus - Wikipedia
		Septimius Odaenathus († 267/268) war Exarchos und schließlich König von Palmyra.
		Septimius Odaenathus stammte aus der syrischen Oasenstadt Palmyra, die vor allem durch ihren Karawanenhandel mit Parthien und Indien reich wurde und die seit Tiberius zum Römischen Reich gehörte.
		In der zweiten Hälfte der 240er Jahre erhoben daher die Palmyrener einen der führenden Männer der Stadt, Septimius Odaenathus, zu ihrem Exarchos, dem Stadtoberhaupt.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Septimius_Odenathus (387 words)

	EefyWiki - 13c: Crisis of the Third Century AD
		From Britain came the legions of Clodius Albinus, from Syria the legions of Pescennius Niger, and from the Danube frontier came the forces of the eventual winner, Septimius Severus (193-211 AD).
		The Roman armies in the areas were too weak to do anything about the invaders and the Romans resorted to buying them off.
		Sometimes Roman provincial administrators seceded from the empire, as did Postumus in Gaul, or even established their own empire, as Odenathus and Zenobia did on the fringes of western Syria.
	eefy.editme.com /L13c (919 words)

	Women in power Year 1-500
		While her emperor husband, Septimius Severus, was fighting rivals, pursuing rebels, and subduing revolts in the far corners of the empire, she was left to administer the vast Roman Empire.
		She played one powerful general or senator against another, while keeping herself from falling into the many traps set by political enemies at court.
		Following the assassination of her husband, King Odenathus, in which she is believed to have been implicated, Zenobia succeeded to power as regent for their young son.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower01.htm (6631 words)

	More thoughts on Demetrius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After three days with the sources and the recent secondary material and handbooks on the origins of the emperors; I have made 'a little list', a.k.a two pages of which usurpator/emperor had what job and which origin before becoming augustus.
		I have included everybody real who was called 'augustus'from the death of Septimius Severus to the accession of Diocletian, whether they lasted a week or 15 years.
		There are admittedly a couple of oddbits: a rich citizen, Odenathus of Palmyra, a philosopher (sic!) and a corrector Venetiae.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/57306 (1184 words)

	Bisque Statue - Warrior Queen 'Zenobia' - 1011
		Great condition, with a few paint losses to her gown on the front, side and back (see images).
		The daughter of Zabaai ben Selim, an Arab chieftain, Zenobia was known as a "warrior queen." The widow of Septimius Odenathus, she reigned as Queen of Palmyra and the Palmyrene Empire from 267 to 272 as regent for her infant son Vaballathus.
		Zenobia embarked on a campaign of conquests that eventually saw her as the ruler of much of Syria and Asia Minor.
	www.rubylane.com /shops/rtfantiques/item/1011 (364 words)

	History 401: Emperors
		Clodius Albinus (195-197; recognized in Spain, Gaul, and Britain; initially accepted by Septimius Severus as Caesar in 193-195)
		Caracalla* (198-217; elevated Caesar in 196; joint emperor with his father Septimius Severus from 198; with his brother Geta from 209)
		Vaballathus (271-272; son of Odenathus, dux and Prince of Palmyra in Syria; ruled East under guidance of mother Zenobia)
	www.tulane.edu /~august/H401/handouts/Emperors.htm (1903 words)

	Odenathus, Septimius - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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	Zenobia Summary
		Zenobia (or Xenobia) is the name commonly used for the daughter of (=" bat" or" bath ") Zabaai ben Selim, an Arab chieftain.
		The widow of Septimius Odenathus, she reigned as Queen of Palmyra and the Palmyrene Empire from 267 to 272 as regent for her infa...
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