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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]
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).
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.
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)
Quirinius was not governor of Syria until 6–7 CE. [7] The suggestion that the census therefore took place before Quirinius's governorship is made by biblical scholar John Nolland as a way of resolving a historical difficulty about the timing of Jesus's birth in relation to this census. [8]
The governor of Coele-Syria, Apollonius Taos, used the opportunity to challenge Jonathan to battle, saying that the Jews might for once leave the mountains and venture out into the plain. [51] Jonathan and Simeon led a force of 10,000 men against Apollonius' forces in Jaffa , which was unprepared for the rapid attack and opened the gates in ...
Articles related to the Census of Quirinius, a census of Judea taken by Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman governor of Syria, upon the imposition of direct Roman rule in 6 CE. The Gospel of Luke uses it as the narrative means to establish the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem ( Luke 2 , Luke 2:1–5 ), but the Gospel of Matthew places the birth ...
Publius Sulpicius Quirinius: Governor of Syria: Conducted a census while governing Syria as reported by Luke and Josephus, [151] and confirmed by a tomb inscription of one Quintus Aemilius Secundus, who had served under him. [152] He is mentioned by Josephus in the Antiquities and by Tacitus in the Annals. Lk. 2:2: Salome: Herodian princess