Palmyra is splendid, a very particular place. It is where the Roman and Sassanid Empires in the Antique met and their influence were mixed with the characteristics of the population by then Helenic-Aramean-Arabic
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Palmyra was the defiant city that tried to defy Rome and was destroyed by it after2 revolutions. You can see the Triumph Arch and Main (Pillar) Street. You can see the people leaning on the pillars. You can get, thus, an impression about their dimension.