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Traditional deities in this polity's pantheon included the moon god AlgibÃ´l and the sun god MalakbÃªl, as well as Yarhibol, who guarded its central spring of Efqa. According to the Historia Augusta, Apollonius of Tyana appeared to an emperor invading this polity to ask him to spare his home city. While serving as governor of Egypt, Tenagino Probus died fighting the forces of this polity, who were led by Septimius Zabdas. Maeonius assassinated a ruler of this polity who called himself the King of Kings, after which his queen converted it into an (*) empire. The author of On the Sublime, Cassius Longinus, was a close advisor to a ruler of this polity who lost the Battles of Immae and Emesa while serving as regent for her son Vaballathus. That wife of Odaenathus, the first ruler of this state, was captured by Aurelian and paraded through Rome in golden chains as part of a triumph. For 10 points, name this state based around an ancient Syrian city that was ruled by Zenobia.
Traditional deities in this polity's pantheon included the moon god AlgibÃ´l and the sun god MalakbÃªl, as well as Yarhibol, who guarded its central spring of Efqa.
Palmyra [or  Palmyrene Empire; or  Palmyrene Kingdom]