(Tamar, palms). The Palmyra of the Greeks and Romans. A city built by Solomon in Syria, toward the Euphrates, for the purpose of facilitating trade with the east. Its ruins are numerous and suggestive (1 Kings 9:18; 2 Chron. 8:4). Tadmor, or Palmyra, reached the height of its splendor, wealth, and power under the celebrated Zenobia, “Queen of the East,” who made it the capital of her empire. It fell a prey to the victorious Romans. Among its notable ruins are the Temple of the Sun dedicated to Baal, a Street of Columns, of which 150 are still standing, and a series of magnificent tombs intended for both burial places and places of worship. The old name still exists in the form of Thadmor.