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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 313 — VI. OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE.

Henri Van Laun translation

Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, after the death of her husband Odenathus, waged war for five years against the Romans, and was vanquished by Aurelian in the year 273.

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