Septimius Orodes was a Palmyrene official and a viceroy for king
Odaenathus
Septimius Odaenathus (Greek language, Greek: Ὀδαίναθος, Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡠𐡣𐡩𐡮𐡶 (file:Dynt.png, 35px), ; ; 220 – 267) was the founder king (malik) of the List of Palmyrene monarchs, Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled fr ...
of
Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...
. He was given the surname Septimius by his monarch.
Worod (hellenized as
Orodes) is an Iranian name; it is theorized that he was a
Parthian refugee in the Palmyrene court (following the destruction of Parthia by the
Sassanians) or the head of pro-Persian faction in Palmyra.
However, Worod's son's name was Arabic "Ogeilo".
denied that he was a Parthian insisting that Worod was a Palmyrene noble.
Worod held many offices in Palmyra including the
administration of justice
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and
public notary.
It is known that Odaenathus sent an embassy to Persia at an unknown date and the ambassador might be Worod.
Shapur I
Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; ) was the second Sasanian Empire, Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent u ...
of Persia, the enemy of Palmyra, in the inscription named
Res Gestae Divi Saporis, lists the names of all the foreign officials who submitted to him; one of them is named Werōy Wāzārbed ("Orodes, Chief of the Bazaar"), a Middle Persian equivalent of Worod. This led to many speculations over his identity; the evidence is non-existent and any connection between the two is a mere speculation.
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