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Aretas IV Philopatris

100 BC - 60 BC

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Aretas IV Philopatris (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢗𐢓𐢆 𐢊𐢛𐢞𐢞 𐢛𐢊𐢒 Ḥārītaṯ Rāḥem-ʿammeh "Aretas, friend of his people") was the King of the Nabataeans from roughly 9 BC to 40 AD. His daughter Phasaelis was married to, and divorced from, Herod Antipas. Herod then married his stepbrother's wife, Herodias. It was opposition to this marriage that led to the beheading of John the Baptist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aretas IV Philopatris has received more than 277,244 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Aretas IV Philopatris is the 7,131st most popular politician (down from 6,875th in 2019).

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aretas IV Philopatris ranks 7,131 out of 19,576. Before him are Vlad Călugărul, Zhou Yongkang, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Elizabeth of Görlitz, Mandane of Media, and Virginia de' Medici. After him are Herbert Pitman, Berenice, Hosokawa Gracia, Trygve Bratteli, George V of Georgia, and Tyrimmas of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100 BC, Aretas IV Philopatris ranks 41. Before him are Tigranes III, Alexander Polyhistor, Artaxias II, Bocchus II, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and Orodes III of Parthia. After him are Artabanus II of Parthia, Sulpicia, Tiridates II of Parthia, Alfenus Varus, Octavia the Elder, and Tacfarinas. Among people deceased in 60 BC, Aretas IV Philopatris ranks 3. Before him are Andronicus of Rhodes, and Meleager of Gadara. After him are Alfenus Varus, Octavia the Elder, Mariamne, Lucius Cornelius Balbus, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Gaius Sosius, and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.

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