Empress Zenobia (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Pat Southern | knygos.lt

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Contemporary sources acknowledged her beauty and influence her face was dark and of a swarthy hue, her eyes were black and powerful beyond the usual wont, her spirit divinely great, and her beauty incredible. So white were her teeth that many thought that she had pearls in place of teeth. Her voice was clear and like that of a man. Her sternness, when necessity demanded, was that of a tyrant, her clemency that of a good emperor. After seizing Egypt and much of Asia Minor, she was finally defeated and brought back to Rome in chains by the emperor Aurelian. Zenobia's story of intrigue, beauty and power has inspired many melodramatic fictions but few factual volumes of authority have been published. This book is a lively account that is up to date and authoritative and an engaging read.