Septimii of Palmyra

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The Septimii of Palmyra were a prominent aristocratic family in the ancient city of Palmyra, best known for producing the powerful ruler Odaenathus who resisted Persian expansion in the 3rd century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of Palmyra 1
Septimii of Palmyra canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Palmyrene elite lineage ⓘ
aristocratic family ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Palmyrene royal house ⓘ
connectedTo Palmyrene Empire ⓘ
Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ
culturalContext Greco-Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Roman art

Semitic traditions ⓘ
engagedIn military leadership ⓘ
regional diplomacy ⓘ
urban governance of Palmyra ⓘ
ethnicContext Aramaic-speaking population of Palmyra ⓘ
flourishedIn 3rd century ⓘ
heldStatus local nobility ⓘ
municipal leadership in Palmyra ⓘ
historicalReputation creators of a semi-independent Palmyrene realm ⓘ
defenders of Roman interests in the East ⓘ
influenced regional balance of power between Rome and Persia ⓘ
knownFor military leadership against the Sasanian Persians ⓘ
political influence in Palmyra ⓘ
producing Odaenathus ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Greek ⓘ
Palmyrene Aramaic ⓘ
legacy central to narratives of Palmyra’s brief imperial phase ⓘ
locatedIn Palmyra ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
opposed Persian expansion in the 3rd century ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
originOfName Roman imperial nomenclature after Septimius Severus ⓘ
partOf Palmyrene aristocracy ⓘ
politicalAlignment nominal loyalty to the Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalRole defenders of Roman eastern frontier ⓘ
intermediaries between Palmyra and Roman authorities ⓘ
producedMember Hairan I ⓘ
Odaenathus ⓘ
Septimia Zenobia ⓘ
Vaballathus ⓘ
region Roman province of Syria Phoenice ⓘ
religiousContext Roman religious sphere ⓘ
local Palmyrene cults ⓘ
socialBase Palmyrene merchant elite ⓘ
sourceType epigraphic evidence ⓘ
late antique literary sources ⓘ
timePeriod Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
usedRomanNomen Septimius ⓘ
linked to: Septimius Hairan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odaenathus → nobleFamily → Septimii of Palmyra ⓘ
Hairan I → fatherTitle → King of Palmyra ⓘ
linked to: Septimii of Palmyra