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ly one of the Chief Inhabitants, a Leading 

 Man in the Senate (as 'tis probable this jili^ 

 lamanes and Airams were before him) who 

 while the Romans were buiied in Europe^ made 

 himielf great here, and by his own Force re-^ 

 pelled the ParMans'^ who having Mafter'd 

 whatever was held by the Romans on the o*^ 

 ther fide of Euphrates^ made an Incurfion in-^ 

 to Syria^ but were by Odenatm driven back 

 beyond the Riven In the courfe of thefe 

 Wars Odenatus was flain, but his Wife Zeno* 

 bia^ being a Woman of a Mafculine Spirit, not 

 only kept her Ground againft her Enemies 

 Abroad, but maintained her Authority aC 

 Home, keeping the Government in her Hands. 

 Afterwards out of a defire to caft off the Ro^^ 

 man Yoke, Ihe caufed the whole Garrifbn, 

 which was left there hy Aureliany to be bar* 

 baroudy cut off: Which bringing Aurdiart 

 back with his Army, he quickly took the Ci^ 

 ty, and deftroyed it, putting the Inhabitants 

 to the Sword, and carrying Zenobia Captive 

 to Rome ; which was the Fatal Period of the 

 Glory of the Place. This Cuftom of theirs 

 of running up their Genealogies or Pedigrees 

 to the fourth or fifth Generation, (hews them 

 to have borrowed fome of their Fafliions 

 from their Neighbours the Jews^ with whom 

 it is not. unlikely they had of old great Com'* 

 merce ^ and perhaps many of them were def^ 

 ceaded from that People, Zenobia her felf 

 being fa id to have been a Jervefs : Or eljfe 

 this muft have been the manner of all the 

 Eaftern Nations. Their>^V^ or Account of 

 1 ime they begin froxh -the Death of Ahx-^ 

 mdcr the Great, as the 'Syrians generally 4o 5? 



