Odaenathus
Proper noun
Meaning
Odaenathus
Septimius Odaenathus, the first king of the Palmyrene kingdom, who reigned from A.D. 260 to A. D. 267
Examples
Although coins were never minted with the face of Odaenathus, soon after his death coins were made with image of his son.
By 268, however, the situation had changed, as Odaenathus was assassinated, most likely out of court intrigue, and Gallienus fell victim to a mutiny in his own ranks.
Aurelius Heraclianus ' fabled arrival might have been an effort to reassert central control after the death of Odaenathus, but, if so, it failed.
Gallienus was seriously weakened by his failure to defeat Postumus in the West, and the ability of Odaenathus to live with his arrangement with Gallienus in the East.
There is an inscription, "the illustrious consul our lord" at Palmyra, dedicated to Odaenathus by Zenobia.
The issue at hand was the position that Odaenathus held as corrector totius orientis.