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Herbert Gustave Schmalz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

queen of Palmyra

c. 240 – 274 · 34 years · Palmyra · Middle East

Queen of Palmyra who challenged Rome, seizing Egypt and much of Anatolia before her defeat by Emperor Aurelian.

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Portrait: Herbert Gustave Schmalz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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