Show m I 1 A A F FAMOUS M U sowo WO WOMA WOMAN M AAL AN 6 if OLD I 1 woj M rahym almyra or cadmore tadmore one abne the roman the ifie other the syr 1 I 1 W 16 for the city of the palms A fallen I 1 uke like baby babylon loll 1011 its Is no more and where sixteen hundred years ago great pal sims reared their massive sive columns today to day in the shadow of some tottering and disintegrated wall lurks larks the mud hut of some wild bedouin of the desert built by bt solomon it was a city of merchants er dealing g in the rich products of india and ambis reaping a rich harvest barvest from their customers of the west later on becoming a roman colony it rapidly increased in wealth and prosperity while nominally subject to rome it was self governed its laws I 1 being administered by a senate elected by its people the hetman or chief of these Oden athus husband to the beautiful and virtuous Zeno zenobia bla rendered sueh such services to rome that in A D he was made practically sovereign of palmyra u owing ming scarce a nominal inal allegiance to rome roine but his brief though brilliant reign was cut short by the hand of an assassin his nephew within three years and the ruling power devolved up his beautiful widow this lueen was esteemed the most lovely and heroic of her sex A descendant acen dant ant of cleopatra she inherited her beauty Wilt without hout her faults combining with a masculine fortitude and courage the wisdom and insight of a sage and the delicate instinct and subtle perception of a woman widely educated mistress of several tongues it was to her prudence and forethought that many of her husbands VIC victories were attributed scorning effeminacy fomin Y she was an enthusiastic bun huntress pursuing with ardor the chase of the wild beasts of the desert lions tigers and bears she often appeared in martial costume mounted on horseback at the head of the troops and at other times would lead them on foot marching for miles at a time upon the death of Oden athus the authority that had bad been vested in him as a personal distinction in recognition of his services naturally reverted to the senate and particularly to rome but bat it ita Is ia not strange I 1 that a woman of i zenobiaa Zen W a ch character ameter should d desire eal re to retain r e her grasp upon the sceptre tre sud and she occupied the vacant throne proclaiming herself regent during the minority of her sons and asing assuming suming the ambitious title of quen queen of the east her authority was by no ako mes means ms unquestioned but she defeated atod a roman general who was sent against her obliging him to retreat with the loss of his army and his the emperor claudius was wan engaged in a struggle with the goths goehs and TM for a time content to leave the scepter in her hands so for or five years yeara she reigned wisely and well vell adding to her domains in syria asia minor and mesopotamia opo tamia the country of her ancestors egypt but claudius having gone the common way of serfs and kings was succeeded by aurelian who after having brought i a successful termination the campaign against the goths goehs now turned his attention to the east advancing his viC victorious orious legions after overcoming zenobea in two pitched battles he surrounded the city of palmyra where the queen of the east had made her last stand and prepared to reduce it by siege zenobea placed clr reliance upon succor from without and the hope that aureliano Aure Aurel lians lans army would be driven to raise the siege through lack of provisions but both hopes proving vain she finally betook retook herself to flight was overtaken on the banks of the euphrates by aureliana Aure lians light horse and taken back captive to the emperor the city soon capitulated and zenobia loaded with jeweled bonds and chains of gold walked a prisoner in the triumphal procession with which aurelian reentered entered re rome her liberty was afterward restored however and sh was presented by the emperor with aa elegant villa not far from the capitol where the syrian queen was finally merged into the roman matron family herald and weekly star twill 1 fill a it r ak I 1 0 ii 9 I 1 I 1 e 4 1 I I 1 A 4 I 1 1 11 1 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 A mot I 1 1 I I 1 sq k M II 11 IF f I 1 I 1 I 1 a 9 a F 11 L aft I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I it V I 1 I 1 4 I 1 1 F V J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I QUEEN OF PALMYRA |