Category:Nabatean Kings (subject)
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List of major Nabatean Kings
- Aretas I
- First known king of the Nabateans
- Mentioned in 2 Maccabees
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- Aretas II, 120/110 to 96 BCE
- A contemporary of Alexander Jannaeus
- Obodas I, 96-85 BCE
- Succeeded Aretas III
- Defeated the Hasmoneans in 93 BCE
- Died in battle against the Seleucids, but saved the kingdom from invasion
- Was buried at Avdat, a city on the Negev renamed in his honor
- Aretas III Philhellenos, 87 to 68 BCE
- Succeeded his father Obodas I
- Conquered Damascus from the Seleucids.
- Defeated by Tigranes the Great, lost briefly control of Damascus, 72-69 BCE.
- Supported John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II
- The Roman general Scaurus subdued him
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- Aretas IV Philopatris, 9 BCE to 40 CE
- Was recognized king by Augustus
- His daughter Phasaelis married Herod Antipas but was then divorced
- Defeated Herod Antipas in battle in 36 CE
- Received Damascus back from Caligula
- Malichus II, 40 to 70/71 CE
- Supported the Romans during the Jewish War.
- Lost control of Damascus.
- Rabbel II Soter, 70/71 to 106 CE
- Succeeded his father Malichus II, when he was still a child.
- At his death in 106 CE, the Nabatean kingdom was absorbed into the Roman Empire.
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