First Century Roman Empire Rulers of Judea

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Roman Prefects of Judea
(6 to 41 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)
Roman Governors of Syria
(6 B.C. to 69 A.D.)
  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 did Herod the Great rise
to power through the Roman Empire?
c. 72 B.C.
Herod is born to Antipater I the Idumaean (founder of the Herodian Dynasty)
63 B.C.
Pompey occupies Palestine in the name of the Rome
47 B.C.
Julius Caesar appoints Antipater I the Idumaean to be procurator of Judea in recognition of the aid he gave him during Rome's civil war. He makes his son Herod governor of Galilee
43 B.C.
Antipater I is murdered by poison
41 B.C.
Mark Antony elevates Herod the Great to the rank of tetrarch of Jerusalem and Galilee
40 B.C.
In Rome Herod becomes King of Judea ("King of the Jews") by the Roman Senate
37 B.C.
Herod because sole ruler of Judea
c. 4 B.C.
Herod the Great dies in Jericho. His burial is in Herodium, Judea. After his death, Emperor Augustus divides his kingdom among some of his sons
 
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