Zenobia (lived 3rd century)
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A limestone figure of Zenobia, for a short time ruler of the eastern part of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD. While living as a captive in Rome, she was allowed to marry a Roman senator and lived thereafter in some luxury, studying literature and participating in religious causes.
Queen of Palmyra AD 266–272. She assumed the crown as regent for her sons, after the death of her husband Odaenathus, and in 272 was defeated at Emesa (now Homs) by Aurelian and taken captive to Rome.
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