List of Nabataean kings explained

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.

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

List

ReignNameNotes
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 II
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 I
30 to 9 BCObodas III
9/8 BC to 39/40Aretas IV Philopatris
Ḥuldo, Queen
Šagīlat, Queen
39/40 to 69/70Malichus II
Šagīlat II, Queen
70/71 to 106Rabbel II Soter
Gāmilat,[2] Queen
Hagaru, Queen
106Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Briffault, Robert . The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions . 1927 . Macmillan . 375 . en.
  2. Book: The Numismatic Chronicle . 1994 . Royal Numismatic Society . 154. 116 . en.