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Septimius Worod

Septimius Worod

3rd-century Palmyrene official and a viceroy for king Odaenathus

Septimius Orodes was a Palmyrene official and a viceroy for king Odaenathus of Palmyra.[1] He was given the surname Septimius by his monarch.[2]

Worod (hellenized as Orodes) is an Iranian name; it is theorized that he was a Parthian refugee in the Palmyrene court (following the destruction of Parthia by the Sassanians) or the head of pro-Persian faction in Palmyra.[3] However, Worod's son's name was Arabic "Ogeilo".[4] Udo Hartmann denied that he was a Parthian insisting that Worod was a Palmyrene noble.[3] Worod held many offices in Palmyra including the administration of justice and public notary.[3]

It is known that Odaenathus sent an embassy to Persia at an unknown date and the ambassador might be Worod.[5] Shapur I of Persia, the enemy of Palmyra, in the inscription named Res Gestae Divi Saporis, lists the names of all the foreign officials who submitted to him; one of them is named Werōy Wāzārbed ("Orodes, Chief of the Bazaar"), a Middle Persian equivalent of Worod. This led to many speculations over his identity; the evidence is non-existent and any connection between the two is a mere speculation.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    George Albert Cooke (1923). A text-book of North-Semitic inscriptions Moabite, Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Jewish. p. 286. ISBN 9785871887851.
  2. [2]
    David S Potter (2014). The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395. p. 257. ISBN 9781134694778.
  3. [3]
    Pat Southern (2008). Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen. p. 74. ISBN 9781441173515.
  4. [4]
    Richard Stoneman (1994). Palmyra and Its Empire: Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome. p. 77. ISBN 0472083155.
  5. [5]
    Pat Southern (2008). Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen. p. 75. ISBN 9781441173515.
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