Aretas III.

Aretas III. Philhellenos ( Harithath ) was 87-62 BC king of the Nabataeans. He succeeds his father Obodas I..

After 87 BC Aretas the king was, he conquered the northern area of Jordan and southern Syria. He could his rule 85 BC to spread to Damascus. Thus, the Nabataeans controlled the trade route from the Mediterranean to India and the Middle East. In the south its territory ranged to present-day Saudi Arabia. Aretas III. besieged Jerusalem, but joined with the Jews peace. In the Jewish struggle for the throne, he supported John Hyrcanus II 's brother Aristobulus II was able to climb with the help of the Romans the Jewish throne, after which the Romans calling upon Aretas to withdraw from Jerusalem. Although Aretas III. entered on the claim, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus marched 62 BC tions Petra. With 400 talents ( 10 tons ) of silver and recognition of Roman supremacy he could move him to repentance. Due to the Roman supremacy the Nabataeans, however, lost their independence.

Aretas called himself " Philhellenos " the Greeks friend, and left after the first Ptolemaic model Nabataean king mint coins.

• King ( Nabataeans )
• Born in the 2nd century BC
• Died in the 1st century BC
• Man