Aretas II

Aretas II (Arabic: حارثة‎ transliteration: Hartha) was the King of the Nabateans. Succeeding Rabbel I, his reign began in 103 BCE and he ruled until 96 BCE. Aretas II was a contemporary of the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus, whose expansionist policies were a direct threat to the Nabatean Kingdom. During the siege of Gaza by Jannaeus in 99, the besieged Gazans requested help from "Aretas, King of the Arabs", but he did not come to their aid and the city was destroyed. Aretas is credited with beginning Nabatean minting.

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Aretas

Aretas (Arabic: Haritha‎) is the Greek form of a name borne by kings of the Nabataeans resident at Petra in Arabia. It can refer to:

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Arethas (martyr)

St. Arethas or Aretas (Arabic: آل الحارث‎ "al-Haarith") was the leader of the Christian community of Najran in the early 6th century, was executed during the persecution of Christians by the Jewish king Dhu Nuwas in 523. He is known from the Acta S. Arethae (also called Martyrium sancti Arethae or Martyrium Arethae) which exists in two recensions: the earlier and more authentic, which was found by Michel Le Quien(Oriens Christianus, ii. 428) and was subsequently dated as no later than the 7th century; the later, revised by Simeon Metaphrastes, dates from the 10th century. The Ge'ez and Arabic versions of the text were published in 2006 and the Greek version in 2007.

Feastday: 27 July (Roman Catholic Church) In Eastern Orthodox Church his feastday is 24 October (6 November O.C.).

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