# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aretas-i
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:50:28.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aretas-i"
name: "Aretas I"
slug: "aretas-i"
description: "Aretas I was the first known King of the Nabataeans. His name appeared on the oldest Nabataean inscription dating from 168 BC which was found at Halutza. He is also mentioned in the deuterocanonical book 2 Maccabees (5:8). This book presents how Jason, the High Priest of Israel who founded a Greek quarter in Jerusalem, was ordered to be held prisoner by Aretas I after being forced to leave Jerusalem because of the \"shame of his conspiracy\", 2 Maccabees (5:7). He ended in Egypt, after he wrote to the Spartans. 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\"."
tagline: "First known King of the Nabataeans"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Urn_Tomb%2C_Petra_01.jpg/330px-Urn_Tomb%2C_Petra_01.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-200"
deathDate: "-200"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             6.808510638297872
  historical:           10.69251466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Арета I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "حارثة الأول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "حارثه الاول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I."
    title: "Aretas I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I"
    title: "Aretas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%A9tas_Ier"
    title: "Arétas Ier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%AA%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "חרתת הראשון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I"
    title: "Aretas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I"
    title: "Aretas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I"
    title: "Aretas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretas_I"
    title: "Aretas I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_I"
    title: "Арета I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q643164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump