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Radamisto in atto di spingere
Zenobia ferita nel fiume Arasse
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Zenobia's body fished out the Aras, by Jean
Marcellin, 1859.
351:"Rhadamiste poignarde sa femme ZĂ©nobie" by Etienne Meslier.
268:"Zenobia found by Sheperds on the banks of the Araxes" by
894:(1969), Chronology of the early Kings of Iberia, Vol. 25
295:"Queen Zenobia taken from river Araxes by shepherds" by
309:"Zénobie trouvée mourante sur les bords de l’Araxe" by
241:"Zenobia accudita dai pastori sulle rive dell'Aras" by
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255:"Zenobia found on the banks of the Araxes" by
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516:"L'amor tirannico, ossia Zenobia" by
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402:"Rhadamiste et ZĂ©nobie" by
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396:"Zenobia e Radamisto" by
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