Aretas III

Aretas III

Aretas III (; Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢊𐢛𐢞𐢞‎ Ḥārītaṯ; Ancient Greek: Αρέτας Arétās) was king of the Arab Nabataean kingdom from 87 to 62 BCE. Aretas ascended to the throne upon the death of his brother, Obodas I, in 87 BCE. During his reign, he extended his kingdom to cover what now forms the northern area of Jordan, the south of Syria, and part of Saudi Arabia. Probably the greatest of Aretas' conquests was that of Damascus, which secured his country's place as a serious political power of its time. Nabataea reached its greatest territorial extent under Aretas' leadership. Like his predecessors, the king's name as transcribed in Arabic is الحارث Al-Ḥāriṯ, or الحارثة Al-Ḥāriṯa, stemming from Harith which means "the collector, provider; plowman; cultivator". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aretas III is the 10,227th most popular politician (down from 8,479th in 2019). (down from 1,626th in 2019)