Palmyra

settlement · 1600 BC – 2100 AD

Palmyra is an ancient oasis and trading city with monumental remains located in modern Syria. Under Zenobia, It was the capital of the breakaway Palmyrene Empire, which led to Aurelian razing the city. In 1980, Palmyra was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Coordinates

34.55281, 38.26487

Also known as

Colonia Hadr. Ant. P., Colonia Hadriana Antoniniana Pia (la), Hadrianopolis (grc), I Illyricorum garrison (la), I Illyrorum garrison (en), Khara'ib Tadmur, Kharā’ib Tadmur, Palmira, Palmyre, Palmyrenos, Palmyrenes (grc), Tadmar (akk), Tadmir (hit), Tadmor, Tadmor (hbo), Tadmur, Tadmur (akk), Tadmur, Tudmir, tdmr, JOeQ (ar), Tadmuru (akk), Tamar, Tedmor, Tedmür (ota), Thadamora (grc), khrayb tdmr, tdmr, Θαδάμορα (grc), Πάλμυρα (grc), Παλμυρηνός (grc), תַּדְמֹר (hbo), تدمر, تدمر (ar), Ἁδριανοπόλις (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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