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137 Tax laws are passed for trade in Palmyra. The caravan city grows rich by importing rare products from the Persian GulfPersian Gulf [i] region, is an extension of the [[Gulf of Oman]...
, and by exporting items manufactured by the Mediterranean world to the East.
261 The rebellion of Macrianus Major, Macrianus Minor, and Quietus against Gallienus comes to an end. Macrianus Major and Minor march from Asia to Europe but are defeated in ThraceThrace Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe [i]. ...
by emperor Gallienus' general Aureolus, and both are killed. Quietus flees to the city of Emesa, where he is killed by Odaenathus of Palmyra.
267ZenobiaZenobia Septimia Zenobia, Zenobia is the name commonly used for the daughter of Zabaai ben Selim, an Ara...
sets herself up as Queen of Palmyra.
274 The Gallic EmpireGallic Empire The Gallic Empire is the modern name for the independent realm that lived a brief existence during t...
(GaulGaul Gaul was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe [i] comprising present-day n ...
and BritainBritain The word Britain is an informal term used when referring to;
...
) is reconquered by Aurelian. With the conquests of the Palmyran EmpirePalmyra Palmyra was in the ancient times an important city of central Syria [i], located in an oasis [i] 215 km ...
(272) and the Gallic Empire, the Roman EmpireRoman Empire The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman [i] civilization characterized by an autocratic [i] ...
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