Valerian rewarded a Palmyrene noble named Odaenathus ​ — Zenobia’s husband — ​ by raising him, in 258 C.E., to the rank of consul of Rome because he had successfully campaigned against Persia and extended the boundary of the Roman Empire into Mesopotamia.
Valeriāns 258. gadā iecēla par Romas konsulu palmīrieti Odenatu — Zenobijas vīru.