Aretas II ruled the Nabataeans and expanded the territory of his kingdom at the expense of the waning Seleucid power in Pal. Aretas II was succeeded by his son, Obadas I, who recovered much of Moab and Gilead from the Hasmonean ruler of Pal., Alexander Jannaeus, whom he defeated in ...
However, when the Romans annexed the Nabataean Kingdom, Dushara still had an important role despite losing his former royal privilege. The greatest testimony to the status of the god after the fall of the Nabataean Kingdom was during the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome where Dushar...