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ARIARATHES
King of Cappadocia in Asia Minor (163–130 BC). Educated in Rome, Ariarathes absorbed Roman ideas and became a close ally of the Romans. Because of his Roman ties, he declined a proposal to marry the sister of the Syrian king Demetrius Soter, who then declared war on him and drove him from his throne. After fleeing to Rome in 158 BC, Ariarathes was successful in eventually being restored to the throne of Cappadocia. In response to Simon Maccabeus, the Romans wrote to him and several other rulers in 139 BC that they should be kind to the Jews and “do them no harm, nor fight against them” (1 Macc 15:16-19, 22).