Zenobia, a Palmyrene warrior queen, daringly declared independence from Rome and sought to establish her own united kingdom in the East. Name variations: Septimia Zenobia in Latin, Bat Zabbai in Aramaic, Bath-Zabbai, Zabaina. Born in third century;...

c. 231-after 271 Syrian queen who built a short-lived empire that briefly challenged Roman hegemony in the East. Born Bat Zabbai, Zenobia was destined to become one of the most significant female rulers of antiquity. Her town of Palmyra served as an...

Zenobia (around 240-after 274) was a Syrian woman who lived in the 3rd century. She was a Queen of the Palmyrene Empire and the second wife to king Septimius Odaenathus. Upon his death she became the ruler of the empire. In 269, she conquered Egypt...

Zenobia is Romania's answer to Nadja, and in many respects it is an improvement. In an atmosphere drifting between dreams and a dreamlike reality, the hero of the novel (whose name is coincidentally Gellu Naum) meets a woman, Zenobia, who is more than...

CHESAPEAKE -- CHESAPEAKE - In the early morning hours of Jan. 19, 2007, God reclaimed his precious treasure, Zenobia Elizabeth Jackson Greene. She was one of eight children born to the late Mary Carr Jackson and Bennie Jackson of Berkley. She was the...

The race to fill the 40th City Council seat in Brooklyn is starting to look a little bit like the Congressional race that just concluded in that area, in which much of the dialogue centered on whether "a white individual" could or should represent a...

Consumers, battered by surging gasoline prices, cut back spending for clothes, cars and other items in April, raising worries about the already weak economy.Retail sales fell 0.2 percent in April, the first decline in seven months, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Meanwhile, the Labor Department...