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     * Tadmor.
       Tadmor, the Palmyra of the Greeks, as we learn from Josephus,
       a celebrated city of Syria, situated in an oasis, or fertile
       spot of land, surrounded on all sides by a vast sandy desert,
       like an island in the midst of the ocean; according to Pliny,
       337; miles from Seleucia and Tigrim, 203; from the nearest part
       of the Mediterranean, and 176; from Damascus; according to
       Josephus, one day's journey west of the Euphrates, and six
       from Babylon; and according to Ptolemy, in lat. 34; degrees
       north, or that of Tripoli, and about 4; degrees more easterly;
       and it is described by Mr. Wood as "situated under a barren
       ridge of hills to the west, and open on the other sides to the
       desert:"  "about six days' journey from Aleppo, and as much
       from Damascus, and about twenty leagues west of the
       Euphrates."  Palmyra attained the height of its splendour when
       the royal city of Zenobia was conquered by the emperor
       Aurelian; became a Roman colony after the victories of Trajan;
       and was probably reduced to its present miserable state in the
       wars of the Saracens.  Its magnificent ruins, however,
       scattered over an extent of several miles, sufficiently attest
       its former splendour and riches.