page_title: Vaballathus
hierarchical_section_title: Vaballathus
caption_attribution_description: English: Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 272. Antoninianus 3.82 g. Antioch. March-May AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. RIC V 5 corr. (bust type); BN 1266; MIR 47, 361a.
context_page_description: Lucius Julius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus c. 259 – c. 274 AD was emperor of the Palmyrene Empire centred at Palmyra in the region of Syria. He came to power as a child under his regent mother Zenobia, who led a revolt against the Roman Empire and formed the independent Palmyrene Empire.
context_section_description: Lucius Julius Aurelius Septimius Vaballathus Athenodorus (Palmyrene: ; Arabic: وَهْبُ اللَّات‎ Wahb Allāt) c. 259 – c. 274 AD) was emperor of the Palmyrene Empire centred at Palmyra in the region of Syria. He came to power as a child under his regent mother Zenobia, who led a revolt against the Roman Empire and formed the independent Palmyrene Empire.
caption: Vaballathus as King on the observe of a Palmyrene Antoninianus, 271 AD.
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