Rulers of Nabatea
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The Rulers of Nabatea are those who reigned over the region of Nabatea (also rendered as Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabateans, a territory located in present-day Jordan, southern Syria, southern Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia.
[edit] The Kings of Nabatea
- Aretas I, reigning in 169 BC
- Malichus I
- Erotimus, 110-100 BC
- Aretas II, 120 or 110 to 96 BC, in some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I
- Obodas I (aka Advat), from 90 BC
- Rabbel I, from 140 BC, in some sources appears as successor to Aretas I
- Aretas III Philhellen, 82/87-62 BC, recognised by Rome in 62 BC
- Obodas II, whose existence was uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months
- Malichus II, 47 or 60-30 BC, who became vassal of Herod the Great and Rome
- Obodas III, 30-9 BC, vassal of Rome; probably ruled a few months; formerly known as Obodas II
- Aretas IV Philopatris, 9-AD 40
- Queen Chuldu
- Queen Shaqilath
- Malichus II, 40-70/71
- Queen Shaqilath
- Rabbel II Soter, 70/71-106
- Queen Gamilath
In 106, Nabatea was annexed by Trajan, becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Ross, Martha, Rulers and Governments of the World - Vol1, Earliest Times to 1491, Bowker Publishing Company Ltd, London & New York, 1978
