Sack of Bostra, the Glossary
The sack of Bostra occurred around the spring of 270 AD when Queen Zenobia of Palmyra sent her general, Zabdas, to Bostra, the capital of Arabia Petraea, to subjugate the Tanukhids who were challenging Palmyrene authority.[1]
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21 relations: Alexandria, Arabia Petraea, Bosra, Crisis of the Third Century, Goths, Jordan Rift Valley, Judaea (Roman province), Latin, Legio III Cyrenaica, List of Palmyrene monarchs, Palmyra, Palmyrene Empire, Palmyrene invasion of Egypt, Petra, Roman Empire, Roman Syria, Syria, Tanukhids, Thrace, Zabdas, Zenobia.
- 270
- 270s conflicts
- 270s in the Roman Empire
- Battles involving the Palmyrene Empire
- Bosra
- Looting in Syria
Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
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Arabia Petraea
Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province (Provincia Arabia; العربية الصخرية.; Ἐπαρχία Πετραίας Ἀραβίας) or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century.
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Bosra
Bosra (Buṣrā), formerly Bostra (Βόστρα) and officially called Busra al-Sham (Buṣrā al-Shām), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.
Crisis of the Third Century
The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as the Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis (235–285), was a period in Roman history during which the Roman Empire had nearly collapsed under the combined pressure of repeated foreign invasions, civil wars and economic disintegration.
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Goths
The Goths (translit; Gothi, Gótthoi) were Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.
Jordan Rift Valley
The Jordan Rift Valley, also Jordan Valley also called the Syro-African Depression, is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and the West Bank.
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Judaea (Roman province)
Judaea (Iudaea; translit) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Legio III Cyrenaica
Legio III Cyrenaica, (Third Legion "Cyrenean") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.
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List of Palmyrene monarchs
Below is a list of Palmyrene monarchs, the monarchs that ruled and presided over the city of Palmyra and the subsequent Palmyrene Empire in the 3rd century AD, and the later vassal princes of the Al Fadl dynasty which ruled over the city in the 14th century.
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Palmyra
Palmyra (Palmyrene:, romanized: Tadmor; Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.
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Palmyrene Empire
The Palmyrene Empire was a short-lived breakaway state from the Roman Empire resulting from the Crisis of the Third Century. Sack of Bostra and Palmyrene Empire are 270s in the Roman Empire.
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Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
The Palmyrene invasion of Egypt occurred in the summer, or possibly in October, of 270 AD when the forces of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, led by her general Zabdas and aided by an Egyptian general named Timagenes, invaded and subsequently annexed Egypt, which was under control of the Roman Empire at the time. Sack of Bostra and Palmyrene invasion of Egypt are 270, 270s conflicts, 270s in the Roman Empire and Battles involving the Palmyrene Empire.
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Petra
Petra (Al-Batrāʾ; Πέτρα, "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean: or, *Raqēmō), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Roman Syria
Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria.
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Tanukhids
The Tanûkhids (transl), Tanukh (translit), or Banū Tanūkh (بنو تنوخ, romanized as) were a confederation of Arab tribes, sometimes characterized as Saracens.
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Thrace
Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.
Zabdas
Zabdas was a 3rd-century Syrian general who led the forces of Empress Zenobia of Palmyra during her rule as regent of her son Vaballathus and her subsequent rebellion against the Roman Emperor under the short-lived independent Palmyrene Empire.
Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene Aramaic:,; 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria.
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See also
270
- 270
- Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
- Sack of Bostra
270s conflicts
- Battle of Châlons (274)
- Battle of Emesa
- Battle of Fano
- Battle of Immae
- Battle of Pavia (271)
- Battle of Placentia (271)
- Battle of Xiling
- Jiao Province Campaign
- Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
- Sack of Bostra
- Siege of Tyana (272)
- Tufa Shujineng's Rebellion
270s in the Roman Empire
- Battle of Châlons (274)
- Battle of Emesa
- Battle of Immae
- Palmyrene Empire
- Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
- Sack of Bostra
- Siege of Tyana (272)
Battles involving the Palmyrene Empire
Bosra
- Al-Omari Mosque (Bosra)
- Ancient City of Bosra
- Antipater of Bostra
- Battle of Bosra
- Battle of Bosra (1147)
- Battle of Bosra (2015)
- Bosra
- Councils of Arabia
- Roman Theatre at Bosra
- Sack of Bostra
Looting in Syria
- 1982 Hama massacre
- Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State
- Jisr ash-Shughur massacre (1980)
- Levant Crisis
- Massacre of Aleppo (1850)
- Sack of Aleppo (1400)
- Sack of Aleppo (962)
- Sack of Bostra