List of rulers of Nabatea

The Rulers of Nabataea, reigned over the Nabataean kingdom (also rendered as Nabataea, Nabatea, or Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabateans, located in present-day Jordan, southern Syria, southern Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia.

List

Reign Name Notes
Kings of Nabataea
ante169BC to post169BC Aretas I
144 to 110 Malichus I
110 to 100 Erotimus
120* or 110* to 96 Aretas II *In some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I
90 to ??? Obodas I
Advat
140* to ??? Rabbel I In some sources appears as successor to Aretas
82 or 87 to 62 Aretas III Philhellen Recognised by Rome 62BC
??? to ??? Obodas II Existence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months
c47 or 60 to 30 Malichus I Becoming vassal of Herod the Great and Rome
30 to 9 Obodas III Vassal of Rome; probably ruled a few months; previously known to history as Obodas II
9BC to AD40 Aretas IV Philopatris
Chuldu, Queen
40 to 70/71 Malichus II
Shaqilath, Queen
70/71 to 106 Rabbel II Soter
Gamilath, Queen
106 Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea

See also

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