Empire of the East

The Empire That Never Was
Between 270 and 273, there existed a great empire in the East. A breakaway of The Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century, this empire, the Palmyrene Empire, controlled some of Rome's richest and most alluring provinces-

Syria, and Egypt, the pyramids and the Nile. A christian empire, with its rulers claiming descent from the Great Seleucid Dynasty, Macedonian rulers of Egypt and Persia until their defeat by Rome and the Parthians respectively.