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Who were Roman rulers of Judea in the 1st Century?
What power did Herod the Great inherit?

Roman Prefects of Judea

(6 to 41 A.D.)

Roman Governors of Syria

(6 B.C. to 69 A.D.)
  1. Coponius (6 - 9 A.D.)
  2. Marcus Ambivius (9 - 12 A.D.)
  3. Annius Rufus (12 - 15 A.D.)
  4. Valerius Gratus (15 - 26 A.D.)
  5. Pontius Pilate (26 - 36 A.D.)
  6. Marcellus (36 - 37 A.D.)
  7. Marullus (37 - 41 A.D.)

Roman Procurators of Judea

(44 to c. 70 A.D.)
  1. Cuspius Fadus (44 - 46 A.D.)
  2. Tiberius Alexander (46 - 48 A.D.)
  3. Ventidius Cumanus (48 - 52 A.D.)
  4. Marcus Antonius Felix (52 - 60 A.D.)
  5. Porcius Festus (60 - 62 A.D.)
  6. Lucceius Albinus (62 - 64 A.D.)
  7. Gessius Florus (64 - 66 A.D.)
  8. Marcus Antonius Julianus (66 - 70 A.D.)
    (dates uncertain)
  1. P. Quinctilius Varus
  2. M. Lollius
  3. C. Marcius Censorinus(?)
  4. L. Volusius Saturninus
  5. P. Sulpic. Quirinius
  6. Qu. Caecilius Creticus Silanus
  7. Cn. Calpurn. Piso
  8. Cn. Sent. Saturninus(?)
  9. Aelius Lamia
  10. L. Pompon. Flaccus
  11. L. Vitellius
  12. P. Petronius
  13. C. Vibius Marsus
  14. C. Cass. Longinus
  15. C. U. Quadratus
  16. Domitius Corbulo
  17. C. Itius (conjoined)
  18. Cestius Gallus
  19. C. Lic. Mucianus
 

How Herod the Great inherited rulership
The Herodian Dynasty

47 B.C. - Julius Caesar appoints Antipater (founder of the Herodian Dynasty) to be procurator of Judea.

43 B.C. - Antipater is murdered.

41 B.C. - Mark Antony elevates Herod the Great (son of Antipater) to the rank of tetrarch of Jerusalem and Galilee.

37 B.C. - Herod the Great is appointed ruler and King of Judea by Rome.

c. 4 B.C. - Herod the Great dies in Jericho and is buried in Herodium, Judea. Herod Antipas, Herod the Great's son, becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.

39 A.D. - Herod Antipas dies in Gaul. Agrippa I (Herod Agrippa, grandson of Herod the Great) is his successor.

44 A.D. - God sends the angel of the Lord to kill Herod Agrippa. Herod dies and is eaten by worms. Cuspius Fadus is made Procurator of Judea. Herod Agrippa II is appointed King and ruler of the northern parts of his father's kingdom.

92 A.D. - Herod Agrippa II, the last of the Herodians, dies and ends the Herodian dynasty.

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Sources
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim, Appendix 6;
History (Antiquities) of the Jews by Josephus, Book 19, Chapter 9;
Wikipedia and Map of Palestine under the Herods.
 
 
   
 
 
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