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
c. 169 BCAretas I
120/110 to 96 BCAretas IIIn some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I
c. 96 to 85 BCObodas I
c. 85/84 BCRabbel IIn some sources appears as successor to Aretas I
84 to 60/59 BCAretas III PhilhellenRecognised by Rome 62 BC
62/61 to 60/59 BCObodas II (?)Existence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months
59 to 30 BCMalichus IBecoming vassal of Herod the Great and Rome
30 to 9 BCObodas IIIVassal of Rome; probably ruled a few months; previously known to history as Obodas II
9/8 BC to 39/40Aretas IV Philopatris
Ḥuldo, Queen
39/40 to 69/70Malichus II
Šagīlat, Queen
70/71 to 106Rabbel II Soter
Gāmilat, Queen
106Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea

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