Caught by Roman troops, she was brought before Emperor Aurelian, a scene depicted in this 1717 painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pleading for her life, Zenobia reportedly blamed her anti ...
The design of the tomb was inspired by the pyramids of Egypt, reflecting the cultural fusion present in Rome after the ...
What Roman authorities did control ... which included a slight increase in silver content under the emperor Aurelian (270-275). However, none of them worked. Faith in the silver currency had ...