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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]].
 
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 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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