Vaballathus

Vaballathus

Lucius Iulius (Julius) Aurelius Septimius Vabalathus Athenodorus (266-273) was a king of the Palmyrene Empire. Vabalathus is the Latinized form of his name in the Arabic language, Wahb Allat (وهب اللات) or gift of the Goddess. As the Arabian goddess Allāt came to be identified with Athena, he used Athenodorus as the Greek form of his name.

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