King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.King Herod was the KING of Judea. At the time of Herod, Judea was not a Roman province but an independent allied kingdom, with the king (Herod) installed by Rome.
Judah was included in the Roman province of Judea. The entire territory was in Latin, "Iudaea" which literally means "home of the Jews". Iudaea, or Judaea is nowadays spelled Judea.
From the waning years of the Roman Republic to 217 AD/CE Rome fought war after war to control the important trading routes to the Red Sea The Red Sea led to the lucrative areas as faraway as India for acquiring ivory, myrrh and precious gems. Having Judea under their control enabled Rome not to be concerned that this area would be a threat to the goals mentioned above. Additionally. Judea had a shoreline with the Mediterranean Sea. To control all avenues to the Mediterranean meant that Rome needed to occupy Judea. Judea was a profitable place and thus generated taxes to Rome.
it is called palestina after the philistines who disappeared
Judea came under roman rule under Nero who was quick to conquer but not govern. He gave immunity to the soldiers of his Judean outpost. The people of Judea were mistreated by roman soldiers and forced to feed them despite a shortage of supplies until a rebel uprising killed the soldiers. In response to this uprising Nero dispatched the roman general Vespasian to qual the uprising.
The procurator of Judea who gave the people the choice was Pontius Pilate.
A Roman Procurator in Judea at the time of Christ.
The Roman Procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate.
Pontius Pilate the Roman governor of Judea.
The Roman procurator of Judea was Pontius Pilate at the time.
Felix was the Roman procurator (governor) of Judea between 52 and 58/59 CE.
Judea was governed by Roman procurators from 44 to 70. The eight procurators of Judea were: Cuspius Fadus (44-46), Tiberius Julius Alexander (46-48), Ventidius Cumanus (48-52,) Marcus Antonius Felix (52-60), Porcius Festus (60-62), Lucceius Albinus( 62-64), Gessius Florus (64-66) and Marcus Antonius Julianus (66-70).
When Herod the Great died his kingdom was split in thirds. His son Archaelaus was over Judea, but he had problems with the Roman government and was disposed and his territory (Judea, Samaria, and idumaea) was turned over to a Roman procurator. By the time Jesus started His ministry the procurator in Judea was Pontius Pilate. There were other Herod's from the line of Herod the Great ruling in other Providences but not in Judea.
First of all, prefects did not rule. They were not rulers. They were officials who carried out administrative functions. There were several types of prefects: The praefectus urbanus (city prefect) was in charge of the administration of Rome, the praefectus vigilum was the commander of the vigils, who acted as firemen and policemen, praefectus aerarii was a guardian of the state treasury, the praefectus aerarii militaris was a guardian of the military treasury, the praefectus annonae supervised of the grain supply to the city of Rome, and various types of military prefects had various types of military duties. The governors of Judea were called prefects only until 44 A.D. After that they became procurators. A procurator Augusti could be either the chief financial officer of a province or the governor of the smaller imperial provinces - the provinces whose governor was appointed by the emperor, rather than the Senate. Judea was not a proper imperial province. It was a satellite of the imperial province of Syria. The prefect/procurator of Judea administered Judea on behalf of the governor of Syria and was a subordinate of this governor. How a prefect/procurator of Judea governed depended on the personality of the prefect/procurator, the policies of the governor of Syria or the policies of the emperor.
In 63 B.C. Rome, under Pompey assumed control over Palestine. After much turmoil Herod (The Great) was placed on the throne in B.C. 37. Although Herod was king, the Romans still had control of Palestine and appointed Procurator's. Cyrenius was Procurator of Judea when Jesus was born and Pontius Pilate was Procurator when Jesus was crucified on the cross.
There has been no census or population count dating from the time of Pontius Pilate. However, remember that Pilate never ruled Judea. At the time of Jesus (and Pilate), Judea was a part of the province of Syria and ruled by the governor of Syria. Pilate was a procurator, an official who had certain authority and acted in the name of the governor.
Yuriy Yakovlevich Chayka is the Procurator General for Russia.