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The Nabateans were
literate and developed the Arabic script but
they wrote nothing of their own history. The story of their culture, customs,
and kings was written by Greek and Roman writers
and is suggested by their architecture,
art, and brief inscriptions they left behind. As their kingdom developed, the
Nabateans came into closer contact and conflict with those of the surrounding
regions and their kings are mentioned increasingly by writers from those
nations.
There was an early
king possibly named Rekem or Raqmu for whom the city now known as Petra was
named. Petra (from the Greek for “rock”) was the Greek name for the Nabatean
capital of Raqmu. When this early king lived and reigned is as mysterious as
the date when Petra was carved from the cliff sides. The first historically
attested king is Aretas I (c. 168 B.C.) and his reign marks the beginning of
the Nabatean Kingdom.
Aretas I’s date is
attested by a Nabatean inscription citing 168 B.C. and he is also mentioned in
the biblical Book of II Maccabees (5:8) which confirms his reign at that time.
He expanded the territory of Nabatea and was known as “the Tyrant of the Arabs”
by his enemies. He supported the Maccabees of Judea in their struggle against
the Seleucid Greeks
(c.168/167-c.160 B.C.) and allowed the forces of Judas Maccabeus to conduct
raids from his territory.
The next Nabatean
monarch – said to have succeeded Aretas I but most likely a later king – is
known as Aretas II (also as Erotimus, r. c. 120/110-96 B.C.). Aretas II came
into conflict with the Hasmonean Dynasty installed by the Maccabees owing to
the Judean policies of expansion. The Hasmonean king Alexander Janneus (r.
103-76 B.C.) destroyed Gaza and took control of the terminus of the Incense
Routes, infringing on Nabatean profits.
Aretas II’s
successor, Obodas I (c. 96-85 B.C.) defeated Janneus in battle and reclaimed Gaza. He then
defeated the Seleucid Greeks under Antiochus XII Dionysius (87-84 B.C.),
killing the king and scattering his army. After this victory, he was deified by
his people as attested by a memorial at his grave in the city of Avdat. He was
succeeded by his brother Rabbel I (c.85 B.C.) who was killed in battle and the
throne passed to another brother who took the throne name Aretas III (c. 85-60
B.C.).
Aretas III
enlarged Nabatean territory to its greatest extent, controlling trade routes
from Syria across Arabia
toward the southern coast. In 64 B.C. the Roman general Pompey invaded and took Syria for Rome and
his general Scaurus was sent to take Petra. Scaurus had no more success than
Demetrius had centuries before, but the Roman army was far
more powerful than the earlier Greek forces, and the Nabateans were forced to
pay tribute to Rome to retain their independence.
Aretas III was
succeeded by Obodas II (c. 60-59 B.C.) who died shortly after coming to power,
and the throne passed to Malichus I (c. 59-30 B.C.) who was forced to submit to Herod the Great as a
vassal. He was succeeded by Obodas III (c. 30-9 B.C.) who defended the Nabatean
Kingdom against Rome primarily by sending his chief minister Syllaeus to
“guide” the Roman army under Gallus toward Nabatean cities. Syllaeus pretended
all along to be a sincere friend of the Romans and effortlessly led them
astray. He was eventually executed at Rome for treachery.
Obodas III was
succeeded by Aretas IV (c. 9 B.C.- A.D. 40) who is considered the greatest of
the Nabatean kings. Nabatean inscriptions record his name as “Aretas, King of
the Nabateans, lover of his people” and he was revered as a great monarch. His
wife, Chuldu (also given as Huldu, Huldo) reigned with him and possibly on her
own after his death. Aretas IV consolidated Nabatean power in the region, even
in the face of Roman incursions, and was able to win recognition from AugustusCaesar as an autonomous king. Women’s
rights, arts, culture, law,
and the Nabatean economy all reached their height under his reign.
He was succeeded
by his son Malichus II (c. A.D. 40-70) who lost territories to Rome and tried,
unsuccessfully, to win Roman respect by sending Nabatean forces to help the
Romans put down the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in A.D. 66-70. He died, or
was killed, and was succeeded by Rabbel II Soter (c. A.D. 70-106), known as the
savior of his people even though he lost more territory to Rome and Nabatean
prestige declined under his reign. He was briefly succeeded by his sister
Gamilath, but the Nabatean Kingdom had run its course by this time as Rome grew
in power, and the region as annexed as the Roman province of Arabia Petraea in A.D.106.
ARETAS I c.
168 B.C.
ARETAS II c.
120 – 96 B.C.
OBODAS I 96
– 85 B.C.
RABBEL I c.
85 B.C.
ARETAS III 85
– 60 B.C.
OBODAS II 60
– 59 B.C.
MALICHUS I 59
– 30 B.C.
OBODAS III 30
– 9 B.C.
ARETAS IV 9
B.C. – A.D. 40
MALICHUS II A.D.
40 – 70
RABBEL II A.D.
70 – 106
ARETAS IV, Philopatris 9
B.C. – A.D. 40
Aretas
IV Philopatris (Ḥāritat in Nabatean) was the King of the Nabateans from 9 B.C.
to A.D. 40.
Aretas
came to power after the assassination of Obodas III, who was apparently
poisoned. Josephus says that he was originally named Aeneas, but took ”Aretas”
as his throne name. An inscription from Petra suggests that he may have been a
member of the royal family, as a descendent of Malichus I.
His
full title, as given in the inscriptions, was ”Aretas, King of the Nabateans,
Friend of his People.” Being the most powerful neighbour of Judea, he
frequently took part in the state affairs of that country, and was influential
in shaping the destiny of its rulers. While on not particularly good terms with
Rome and though it was only after great hesitation that Augustus recognized him
as king, nevertheless he took part in the expedition of Varus against the Jews
in the year 4 B.C., and placed a considerable army at the disposal of the Roman
general.
Aretas
had two wives. The first was Huldu to whom he was already married when he
became king. Her profile was featured on Nabataean coins until A.D. 16. After a
gap of a few years the face of his second wife, Shaqilath, began appearing on
the coins.
His
daughter Phasaelis married Herod Antipas, otherwise known as Herod the Tetrarch.
When Phasaelis discovered Herod intended to divorce her in order to take his
brother’s wife Herodias, mother of Salome, some time before the death of Philip
A.D. 33/34, she fled to her father. Aretas IV invaded Herod’s holdings,
defeated his army, partly because soldiers from Philip’s tetrarchy changed
sides.
Josephus,
the source for these events, says that some Jews attributed the defeat of Herod
Antipas, which occurred during the winter of A.D. 36/37, to the beheading of
John the Baptist.
Herod
Antipas then appealed to Emperor Tiberius, who dispatched Lucius Vitellius the
Elder the governor of Syria to attack Aretas. Vitellius mustered his legions
and moved southward, stopping in Jerusalem for the passover of A.D. 37, when
news of the emperor’s death arrived and the invasion of Nabataea was never
completed.
The
Christian Apostle, Paul, mentions that he had to sneak out of Damascus in a
basket through a window in the wall to escape the ethnarch of King Aretas. (2
Corinthians 11:32, 33, cf Acts 9:23, 24). However, there is some dispute as to
if troops belonging to Aretas actually controlled the city or if Paul was
actually referring to ”the official in control of a Nabatean community in
Damascus, and not the city as a whole.”
Aretas IV died in A.D. 40 and was succeeded by his son Malichus II.
G291.5. AE 19 (Petra mint, A.D. 18 – 39, 17 mm, 4.00 g) F
Conjoined busts
right of Aretas IV, laureate, and Queen Shaqilath, draped; Aramic inscription
“Aretas, Shaqilat
Queen of the Nabateans”.
Two cornucopiae, crossed; between them Aramic legend “King of Nabatea, friend of the people”.