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Sanatruq I

2nd century CE · 2nd century

Sanatruq I was ruler of Hatra in northern Mesopotamia in the mid-2nd century CE and the first to take the title 'king of the Arabs'. Under his dynasty the city, a Parthian vassal on the caravan routes, built its great temples and walls and withstood Roman sieges. He is known from inscriptions and statues found at Hatra.

Sanatruq I
Image: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of Hatra

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