48-47 Antipater enlists Jewish support for Julius Caesar in Alex-
andria
47 Phasael and Herod appointedstrat 3 goiin Galilee and
Judea, respectively
44 Assassination of Julius Caesar
44-31 Second Roman Triumvirate (Marc Antony, Lepidus,
Octavian)
42 Phasael and Herod appointed tetrarchs by Marc Antony
40 Parthians and Mattathias Antigonus invade Judea and be-
siege Jerusalem; Herod proclaimed King of Judea by Ro-
man Senate
37 Herod defeats last Hasmonean ruler, Mattathias
Antigonus, and captures Jerusalem
31 Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats Marc Antony
30 Roman conquest and annexation of Egypt
27 Octavian given titlesAugustusandPrinceps;rules asde
factoemperor until death in 14c.e.
4 Herod the Great dies
4 b.c.e.–
6 c.e.Archelaus rules Judea, Idumea, and Samaria; Antipas rules
Galilee and Perea; Herod Philip II rules area northwest of
Galilee until 34c.e.
6 Judas the Galilean and Zadok the Pharisee found the
“fourth philosophy” and lead a revolt in protest of the
Judean census
6-41 Judea made a Roman province ruled by prefects
14-37 Tiberius, emperor
26-36 Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea
27-30 Public career of Jesus of Nazareth
34-64 Missionary career of Saul of Tarsus (Paul)
37-41 Gaius Caligula, emperor
38 Anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria, Egypt
40 Caligula orders a statue of himself to be installed in the
Jerusalem Temple
41 Edict of Claudius confirms rights of Jews in Alexandria
but warns them not to strive for more than they have
41-44 King Agrippa I rules most of Palestine
41-54 Claudius, emperor; expels Jews from Rome
44-66 Roman procurators govern most of Palestine
54-68 Nero, emperorxviiichronologyEERDMANS -- Early Judaism (Collins and Harlow) final text
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