His loyalty was put to the test in a war against Quietus, but after the latter was defeated at Emesa, the ruler of this city was given the honorary title "Governor of the East."
Notable for its people's use of reliefs in funerary art, its citizens worshipped a tripartite version of Baal. Its first important ruler was rebuffed by Shapur I and decided to throw his lot in with Gallienus. His loyalty was put to the test in a war against Quietus, but after the latter was defeated at Emesa, the ruler of this city was given the honorary title "Governor of the East." Although its ruler had a son named Vaballathus, on the death of Odenathus his wife took over and brought the city to new heights, until she decided to challenge Aurelian and was routed at Antioch.  FTP, name this city which lies in Syria and, for a brief time, was led by Queen Zenobia.
Notable for its people's use of reliefs in funerary art, its citizens worshipped a tripartite version of Baal.
Palmyra