Malichus II (

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: ''Malīḵū'' or ''Malīḵūʾ'') was ruler of

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from 40 to 70 AD. Malichos II silver drachm

Malichus' reign is sometimes perceived as a period of declining Nabataean power, but this view depends in part on Nabataea having controlled

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in the period 34–40. The

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had, however, diverted the routes of

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and

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cargo shipments to

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. Rome was very powerful, so Malichus cooperated. In 66, a Jewish revolt occurred in

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. Malichus sent 5,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to help the Emperor

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crush the rebellion. Malichus II died in AD 70,Jane Taylor: ''Petra And the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans''. I. B. Tauris 2001, , p. 73 () and was succeeded by his son, Rabbel II Soter, initially under the regency of his widowed queen Šagīlat II.

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*Jane Taylor: ''Petra And the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans''. I. B. Tauris 2001, , p. 73 () * Maria Giulia Amadasi, Eugenia Equini Schneider: ''Petra''. University of Chicago Press 2002, , p. 40, 94, 166, 168, 170 () 1st-century Nabataean monarchs Roman client rulers 70 deaths {{MEast-hist-stub

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