Palmyra is age 36 on the Idle Ages ladder, set in 267 CE. You unlock it with coins the ages below it earned. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 36 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 267 CE |
| Legendary | Zenobia |
| Automation | Needs Vaballathus at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Zenobia, Odaenathus, Zabdas, Vaballathus |
Zenobia raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
Zenobia ruled Palmyra after her husband was killed in 267 CE, governing in the name of her small son. Within three years her armies held Egypt and much of the Roman east, until the emperor Aurelian defeated her and took the city in 272.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic
Odaenathus turned Palmyra from a rich caravan city into the strongest power in the Roman east. After Persia captured the emperor Valerian he drove Shapur I back from Syria and was rewarded with command of the whole eastern frontier, before being murdered in 267 CE.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
Zabdas was Zenobia’s general and the man who actually won her empire. He led the Palmyrene army into Egypt in 270 CE and took it, and he commanded her forces again in the losing war against Aurelian two years later.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Vaballathus was a boy when his father Odaenathus was killed, and he was king of Palmyra in name while his mother Zenobia ruled. Coins carry his portrait beside a Roman emperor’s until he too claimed the imperial title, which made the war with Rome certain.
Raises the output of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Vaballathus to 5 is what automates Palmyra.
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