List of Nabataean kings

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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, south-eastern Syria, southern Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia.

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The queens of the later Nabataean Kingdom figure side by side with their husbands as co-rulers on their coins. [1]

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ReignNameNotes
Kings of Nabataea
c. 169 BC Aretas I
120/110 to 96 BC Aretas II In some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I
c. 96 to 85 BC Obodas I
c. 85/84 BCRabbel IIn some sources appears as successor to Aretas II
84 to 60/59 BC Aretas III Philhellen Recognised by Rome 62 BC
62/61 to 60/59 BCObodas II (?)Existence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months
59 to 30 BC Malichus I
30 to 9 BCObodas III
9/8 BC to 39/40 Aretas IV Philopatris
Ḥuldo , Queen
Šagīlat , Queen
39/40 to 69/70 Malichus II
Šagīlat II , Queen
70/71 to 106 Rabbel II Soter
Gāmilat, [2] Queen
Hagaru, [2] Queen
106Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea

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References

  1. Briffault, Robert (1927). The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions. Allen. p. 375.
  2. 1 2 The Numismatic Chronicle. Vol. 154. Royal Numismatic Society. 1994. p. 116.

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