[1] Marcus Aurelius Probus regained Egypt from Palmyra, while the emperor continued his march and reached Tyana.

[3] Whatever the reason for his clemency, Aurelian sparing Tyana paid off, many more cities submitted to him upon seeing that the emperor would not exact revenge upon them.

Aurelian, after his victory over Zenobia at Immae and over the Palmyrene garrison at Daphne, briefly stayed in Antioch to secure the city and attend to its administrative and governmental matters.

Zabdas was still a capable general whose cavalry was superior to Aurelian's both in quality and quantity, and Zenobia still held on to most of her power and influence.

Aurelian accepted battle on the ground chosen by Zabdas, and attempted to repeat the ruse he conducted in Immae to order his cavalry to pretend to flee.

Soon after hearing that their empress had been captured, the citizens of Palmyra asked the Emperor for peace, and the city fell to the Romans.