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-*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Aretas II (sources)]]
-*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Aretas II (subject)]]
-'''Aretas II''' was a Nabatean King, 103 to 96 BCE.
-See [[Nabatean Kings]]
-==Overview==
-Aretas II was a contemporary of [[Alexander Jannaeus]]. Under his reign the [[Nabateans]] first came into conflict with the [[Hasmoneans]].
-According to Josephus, when [[Alexander Jannaeus]] besieged [[Gaza]] in 99 BCE, the inhabitants of the city requested help from "Areatas, king of the Arabs", but he failed to come to the rescue, and the city was destroyed.
-Aretas II is probably to be identified with the Arab King named [[Herotimus]] who according to Justinus' Latin epitome of [[Pompeius Trogus]] led campaigns into Syria and Egypt to take control of the lucrative trade routes of Palestine.
-Aretas II was succeeded by his son [[Obodas I]].
-==Aretas II in Scholarship==
-==Aretas II in Fiction==
-==Related categories==
-*[[Alexander Jannaeus]] / [[Gaza]]
-==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_II Wikipedia]
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