Palmyra - Wikipedia
WEBIn 261 Odaenathus marched against the remaining usurpers in Syria, defeating and killing Quietus and Balista. [247] As a reward, he received the title Imperator Totius Orientis ("Governor of the East") from Gallienus, [248] and ruled Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia and Anatolia's eastern regions as the imperial representative.
Palmyra ‑ Syria, City & Destroyed - HISTORY
WEBJan 12, 2018 · Palmyra is an ancient archaeological site located in modern-day Syria. Originally founded near a fertile natural oasis, it was established sometime during the third millennium B.C. as the...
Palmyra | History, Ruins & Archaeology | Britannica
WEBSep 4, 2024 · Palmyra, ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century ce; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use.
Palmyra: the modern destruction of an ancient city - Smarthistory
WEBBoth the modern town and ancient city of Palmyra were caught in the crossfire of the Syrian civil war beginning in early 2013. Then in 2014, military forces from the regime of Bashar al-Assad (president of Syria) fortified the site, further damaging the ruins.
Heartbreaking before and after photos of Palmyra ruins - BBC
WEBApr 8, 2016 · The arresting picture-within-a-picture was created this week by Joseph Eid in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, making use of a photograph of the same location that Eid took two years ago –...
How Ancient Palmyra, Now in ISIS's Grip, Grew Rich and Powerful
WEBAug 26, 2015 · In Palmyra, history is literally written on the walls: across temples and above doorways, encircling funerary monuments and snaking up the towering limestone columns that rise above the Syrian...
Palmyra (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia
WEBDec 19, 2012 · View of Palmyra with the Temple of Bel, Syria. Palmyra (Aramaic: ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ;Hebrew: תדמור; tiḏmor, Greek: Παλμύρα, Arabic: تدمر; Tadmur, /ˌpælˈmaɪərə/) was an ancient city in central Syria.
Why Palmyra, Recently Liberated, Is a Historical Treasure
WEBMar 28, 2016 · In Palmyra, history is literally written on the walls: across temples and above doorways, encircling funerary monuments and snaking up the towering limestone columns that rise above the Syrian...
Palmyra: Ruins that inspired the architecture of power - BBC
WEBJul 26, 2015 · Her home was Palmyra, a vibrant commercial hub at the heart of the Roman Empire. Today its ancient ruins stand at the crosshairs of Syria's brutal civil war.
Palmyra | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn …
WEBWith the foundation of the Sasanian empire of Iran in 224 A.D., Palmyra lost control over the trade routes, but the head of a prominent Arabian family who was an ally of the Roman empire, Septimius Odaenathus, led two campaigns against the Sasanians and drove them out of Syria. When Odaenathus was murdered in 267 A.D., his Arab queen, Zenobia ...