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Rebel queens who made the Empire tremble.5

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Tema: The role of women

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España > Latín > 4º ESO > El presente de la civilización latina

España > Cultura Clásica > 2º ESO > Raíces clásicas del mundo actual. Historia y evolución sociopolítica

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Zenobia was empress of Palmyrene’s Empire between the 267 and 272, taking over the regency of her son Wahballat. She focused her politics on recovering the trade through the Red Sea and expanding her territories of Syria, getting to Anatolia through the North, and Egypt through the South. She faced roman emperor Aurelian for not recognizing the authority of Rome over Palmyra. At last, she fell trying to cross the Euphrates.

- Representation in the arts. In groups of 4, make a mural of images of each one of these women: Dido, Cleopatra and Zenobia, including the iconography that represents them in the art’s world: architecture, sculpture, painting, numismatics… May these two images work as an example:

   Zenobia’s Denarius                                  Cleopatra’s Tetradrachm

                                                                                                                                                                      

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Denarius-Zenobia-s3290.jpg              

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Cleopatra_VII_tetradrachm_Syria_mint.jpg

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Cleopatra_VII_tetradrachm_Ascalon_mint.jpg

Observaciones y contexto

Originally regent of her son Vaballathus, she was later empress and one of the women who faced, like Cleopatra, Dido or Boudica, the power of Rome. 

Descripción

Work on Zenobia’s figure and establish relationships with other rulers who put Rome in a difficult position.

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