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(Pontius Pilate was the governor of the Roman province of Judaea. He gave the order to crucify Jesus.) Person 20 BC: AD 36: Latin: PONTIVS PILATVS (Pontius Pilatus) Pronunciation: Pone-tee-oos Pee-law-toos Quirinius, Publius Sulpicius Publius Quirinius was governor of the Roman province of Syria.
Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (c. 51 BC – AD 21), also translated as Cyrenius, [1] was a Roman aristocrat. After the banishment of the ethnarch Herod Archelaus from the tetrarchy of Judea in AD 6, Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria, to which the province of Judaea had been added for the purpose of a census. [2]
This Byzantine mosaic (c. 1315 CE, Chora Church, Istanbul) depicts Syrian governor Quirinius (seated, left) overseeing the census registration of Mary and Joseph (haloed, right). The Census of Quirinius was a census of the Roman province of Judaea taken in 6 CE, upon its formation, by the governor of Roman Syria, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius.
Dąbrowa, Edward, The Governors of Roman Syria from Augustus to Septimius Severus (1998) Schürer Emil, Vermes Geza, Millar Fergus, The history of the Jewish people in the age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135), Volume I, Edinburgh 1973, p. 243-266 (Survey of the Roman Province of Syria from 63 B.C. to A.D. 70).
The Stele of Quintus Aemilius Secundus is a first-century Roman tombstone bearing a notable funerary inscription. [1] It records how the dedicatee served in Roman Syria under Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, who was governor of Syria at the time, and there oversaw a census in the town of Apamea.
Map of the province of Judaea during Coponius' governorship. He was, like the prefects who succeeded him, of knightly rank, and "had the power of life and death". [2] During his administration the revolt of Judas the Galilean occurred, [3] the cause of which was not so much the personality of Coponius as the introduction of Roman soldiers.
Pages in category "Roman governors of Syria" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... Quirinius; S. Gaius Sentius Saturninus (consul 19 BC)
The Arab and British armies entered Damascus on 1 October 1918, and on 3 October 1918 Ali Rida al-Rikabi was appointed Military Governor of OETA East. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Prince Faisal son of King Hussain of Mecca entered Damascus as on 4 October and appointed Rikabi Chief of the Council of Directors (i.e. prime minister) of Syria.