Is Zenobia related to Cleopatra?
Zenobia, generally agreed to have been of Semitic (Aramean) descent, claimed Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt as an ancestor and thus Seleucid ancestry, though this may be a confusion with Cleopatra Thea (the “other Cleopatra”). Arab writers have also claimed that she was of Arab ancestry. What did Zenobia look like? Name, appearance and sources…