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'''Aretas II''' was a Nabatean King, 103 to 96 BCE.
*DICTIONARY: see [[Aretas II]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Aretas II (sources)]]


See [[Nabatean Kings]]


==Overview==
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the character of [[Aretas II]].  
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==
[[Category:Categories]]
 
==Aretas II in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[Alexander Jannaeus]] / [[Gaza]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_II Wikipedia]
 
[[Category:Subjects]]
[[Category:People]]

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