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Contrary to the Gospel of Matthew, which places Jesus's birth in the time of Herod I, [6] the Gospel of Luke correlates it with the census: [a] In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
Imperator Caesar Augustus On 16 January 27 BC, ... The measures of taxation in the reign of Augustus were determined by population census, with fixed quotas for each ...
With the solidification of Augustus' rule, the Roman Republic came to an end. The office of censor nominally continued a small way into the Roman Empire, for example in 14 AD when Caesar Augustus held the office with Tiberius Caesar.
Mary and Joseph register for the census before Governor Quirinius. Byzantine mosaic at the Chora Church, Constantinople 1315–1320.. Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (c. 51 BC – AD 21), also translated as Cyrenius, [1] was a Roman aristocrat.
Augustus appointed Publius Sulpicius Quirinius to the post of Legate of Syria and he conducted a tax census of Syria and Judea in 6 CE, which triggered the revolt of Judas of Galilee; the revolt was quickly crushed by Quirinius. [19]
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the sixth time. His partner Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa becomes Consul for the second time. The Roman Senate grants Octavian Caesar imperium maius (supreme command) of the Roman armed forces (Around 28 legions). Augustus initiates a census of the Roman Republic for the first time since 69 BC. [2]
Augustus created the vicesima hereditatium and the centesima. ... Following this census, ... claims that this system was established in 49 BCE by Julius Caesar, ...
Caesar Augustus starts a new military reform. ... Augustus' first census of the Roman Empire (formerly the Roman Republic) reports a total of 4,063,000 citizens. [2]