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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]
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. The census triggered a revolt of Jewish extremists (called Zealots ) led by Judas of Galilee .
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).
Senator Quirinius appointed Legate of the Roman province of Syria (to which Judea had been "added" according to Josephus [31] though Ben-Sasson claims it was a "satellite of Syria" and not "legally part of Syria" [32]) carries out a tax census of both Syria and Judea known as the Census of Quirinius.
The ancient city of Palmyra was an important trading center and possibly Roman Syria's most prosperous city The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in western Asia, the imperial province of Syria (Syria/Lebanon), with four legions deployed in 125 AD.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday he did not rule out a possible meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to help restore bilateral relations between the neighbours. Turkey ...
Judea was not a senatorial province, nor an imperial province, but instead was a "satellite of Syria" [20] governed by a prefect who was a knight of the Equestrian Order (as was that of Roman Egypt), not a former consul or praetor of senatorial rank. Quirinius appointed Coponius as first prefect of Judea. [21]
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