For the patriarch of Jerusalem, see Zamudas of Jerusalem.
Zabdas
Born
Palmyra, Roman Syria
Died
c. 273 Emesa, Roman Syria
Allegiance
Palmyrene Empire
Service/branch
Palmyrene army
Years of service
270-273
Battles/wars
Sack of Bostra
Palmyrene invasion of Egypt
Battle of Immae
Battle of Emesa
Zabdas was a 3rd-century Syrian general who led the forces of Empress Zenobia of Palmyra during her rule as regent of her son Vaballathus and her subsequent rebellion against the Roman Emperor under the short-lived independent Palmyrene Empire. He led Palmyra's expeditions in the middle east which included annexing territory spanning from Roman Egypt to Asia Minor.[1]
Following Emperor Aurelian's campaign in the east and the fall of Palmyra, Zabdas, among other notable Palmyrene officials including Cassius Longinus was executed in Emesa after being held on trial by the emperor.
including Zabdas, were taken to Emesa and put on trial. Most of the high ranking Palmyrene officials were executed, which might have included Zabdas, as he...
to meet Aurelian in the field under the command of her capable general Zabdas. Both armies took the field "near" Antioch at Immae (close by Reyhanli,...
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expelled the Palmyrenes and regained Alexandria, only for Zabdas to promptly return to Egypt. Zabdas quickly regained Alexandria, where Zenobia and the Palmyrenes...
Septimius Zabbai (a general of the army) and Septimius Zabdas (the chief general of the army). Zabdas sacked Bosra, killed the Roman governor, and marched...
prompting Zabdas to return. The Palmyrene general aimed a thrust at Alexandria, where he seems to have had local support; the city fell into Zabdas' hands...
Aurelian and the Palmyrene forces led by their empress, Zenobia and general Zabdas. Aurelian had started a campaign to reconquer the secessionist Palmyrene...
around the spring of 270 AD when Queen Zenobia of Palmyra sent her general, Zabdas, to Bostra, the capital of Arabia Petraea, to subjugate the Tanukhids who...
part of the Sharon plain. In the census of 1596, the village appeared as Zabda, located in the nahiya of Sha'ara in the liwa of Lajjun. It had a population...
time in Palmyrene history is one of Zenobia's generals, who along with Zabdas, fought in her campaigns in the west. It is possible that general Zabbai...
grain supply. The library at Alexandria is partly burned during a raid by Zabdas, general of Zenobia. January 5 – Pope Felix I succeeds Dionysius as the...
Century Palmyrene (Unicode block) Thirty Tyrants (Roman) Septimius Worod Zabdas The Semitic word T.M.R is the common root for the words that designate palm...
image of his son – outstripping his authority under the emperor. Under Zabdas, a Palmyrene army invaded Arabia and moved into Egypt in the late summer...
Septimius Zabbai (a general of the army) and Septimius Zabdas (the chief general of the army) Zabdas sacked Bosra, killed the Roman governor, and marched...
escaped to the fortress of Babylon, where he was besieged and killed by Zabdas, a Palmyrene general, who continued his march south and secured Egypt. Afterward...
Zamudas (Zambdas, Zabdas, Bazas) of Jerusalem was the thirty-seventh bishop of Jerusalem. His patriarchate lasted from 276 to 283. He is venerated as a...
those sympathetic to the Imperialist cause in Egypt, drove out Zabdas' garrison. Zabdas returned, but he was again defeated by Probus, the pro-Imperial...
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