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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 .
Denarius of 126 BC; on the right is the flamen Quirinalis with QVIRIN on his shield.. In earlier Roman art, Quirinus was portrayed as a bearded man with religious and military clothing.
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 .
Publius Quirinius was governor of the Roman province of Syria. He created the Roman province of Judaea , and conducted the Census of Quirinius in AD 6. The census was the reason that Joseph and Mary came to Bethlehem, Judaea for Jesus's birth.
Annas (also Ananus [1] or Ananias; [2] Hebrew: חָנָן, khanán; Koinē Greek: Ἅννας, Hánnas; 23/22 BC – death date unknown, [3] probably around AD 40) was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Judaea in AD 6 – just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under ...
Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, romanized: Stéphanos; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. [2] According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings.
Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (c. 51 BC – 21 AD), also known as Quirinius, a Roman aristocrat; Publius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 121 BC – 88 BC), an orator and statesman of the Roman Republic; Publius Terentius Afer (195/185–159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic
Publius Quinctilius Varus (Cremona, 46 BC – near Kalkriese, AD 9) was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus.Varus is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions when ambushed by a coalition of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the chieftain of the Cherusci tribe in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where he committed suicide to avoid capture and ...