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 Zenobia

Zenobia was a queen who

Stepped in as regent for her son

To govern Palmyra to do

What Rome did tell her needed done,

In the third century, A.D.

When the Roman empire did rule,

And Queen Zenobia did be,

In time and place, a useful tool.

For reasons not quite clearly known,

She got herself on Rome's bad side.

Rome's armies forced her from her throne.

An unqueened Zenobia died.

In Syria of modern day,

She's depicted in a good way.