Tag: Mawia. MiddleEastArt
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Franz von Stuck’s Arab queen Mawia, with Footnotes #81
Mawia was an Arab queen, who ruled over the Tanukhids, a confederation of semi-nomadic Arabs, in southern Syria, in the latter half of the fourth century. She led her troops in a rebellion against Roman emperor Valens, riding at the head of her army into Phoenicia and Palestine. After she reached the frontiers of Egypt and…