Suggested Collections
Suggested Deviants
You Might Like . . .
Featured in Groups
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
Published:78K Views
Description
This is an alternate illustration for a historical fiction book:
Daughter of Sand and Stone
by Libbie Hawker libbiehawker.com/
Zenobia was a 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria, who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire. She expanded the empire, conquering Egypt and expelling the Roman prefect, Tenagino Probus, who was beheaded after he led an attempt to recapture the territory. She ruled over Egypt until 274, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Emperor Aurelian. It is said that she was paraded through the streets of Rome, bound by chains of gold.
Zenobia on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia
See the book cover here:
Daughter of Sand and Stone
by Libbie Hawker libbiehawker.com/
Zenobia was a 3rd-century Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria, who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire. She expanded the empire, conquering Egypt and expelling the Roman prefect, Tenagino Probus, who was beheaded after he led an attempt to recapture the territory. She ruled over Egypt until 274, when she was defeated and taken as a hostage to Rome by Emperor Aurelian. It is said that she was paraded through the streets of Rome, bound by chains of gold.
Zenobia on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia
See the book cover here:
Image details
Image size
1294x2000px 630 KB
© 2014 - 2022 Wildweasel339
Comments50
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Awesome