Ruler · 201 – 101 BCE

Aretas III

Lived 201 – 101 BCE; politician. King of Nabatea of Nabataean Kingdom, 87 BCE – 62 BCE.

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Lived: 201 BCE – 101 BCE; 100 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Nabataean Kingdom
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

King of Nabatea

Nabataean Kingdom · the 3rd of 4 dated reigns · 140 BCE – 40

Rabbel I140 BCE – 111 BCE

Obodas I96 BCE – 85 BCE

Aretas III87 BCE – 62 BCE

Aretas IV Philopatris9 BCE – 40

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 87 BCE – 62 BCE · 25 years · came to it aged 114

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 62 BCE, after the death recorded in 101 BCE

Aretas ascended to the throne upon the death of his brother, Obodas I, in 87 BCE.

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