Below is a list of Palmyrene monarchs, the monarchs that ruled and presided over the city of

Palmyra Palmyra (; Palmyrene: () ''Tadmor''; ar, تَدْمُر ''Tadmur'') is an ancient city in present-day Homs Governorate, Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second ...

and the subsequent

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in the 3rd century AD, and the later vassal princes of the

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dynasty which ruled over the city in the 14th century.

House of Odaenathus

Odaenathus Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; ar, أذينة, translit=Uḏaina; 220 – 267) was the founder king ( ''Mlk'') of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria. He elevated the status of his kingdom from a re ...

, the lord of Palmyra, declared himself king before riding into battle against the

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after news of the

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defeat at

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reached him. This elevated Palmyra from a subordinate city to a de facto independent kingdom allied to Rome. Odaenathus later elevated himself to the title of King of Kings, crowning his son co-King of Kings in 263. The title was later passed to

Vaballathus Septimius Vaballathus (Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; ar, وهب اللات, translit=Wahb Allāt; 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 re ...

his son, before it was dropped for the title of King and later Emperor.

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dynasty

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