Rulers in Israel during the Roman Era
by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Note: The hyperlinked names are mentioned in the New Testament;
see the explicit references below the chart.
Dates refer to when these men ruled, not to their entire lifespan. Some dates are
not certain, but only approximate.
Roman Emperors | Jewish Rulers
& Roman Prefects over Judea & Samaria |
Jewish Rulers over Galilee & Northern Territories |
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[General Pompey enters Jerusalem; Roman domination of
Palestine begins - 63
BC] |
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King Herod the Great, King over
all Israel (37-4 BC) |
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Herod Archelaus,
"Ethnarch" of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea (4 BC-AD 6) |
Herod
Antipas, "Tetrarch" of Galilee and Perea (4 BC-AD 39) Herod Philip, "Tetrarch" of Northeastern Regions (4 BC-AD 34; over Iturea, Trachonitus, Gaulanitis, Auranitis, and Batanea) |
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Coponius (AD 6-10) Marcus Ambivulus (10-13) Annius Rufus (13-15) Valerius Gratus (15-26) Pontius Pilate (26-36) |
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Gaius / Caligula (37-41) Claudius (41-54) Nero (54-68) Galba, Otho, & Vitellius (68-69) Vespasian (69-79) Titus (79-81) Domitian (81-96) Nerva (96-98) Trajan (98-117) |
Marcellus (36-38) Marullus (38-41) [41-44 AD: under Herod Agrippa I] Cuspius Fadus (44-46) Tiberius Alexander (46-48) Ventidius Cumanus (48-52) M. Antonius Felix (52-59) Porcius Festus (59-61) Albinus (61-65) Gennius Florus (65-70) Vettulenes Cerialis (70-72) Lucilius Bassus (72-75) M. Salvienus (75-86) Pompeius Longinus (86) |
Herod Agrippa I (37-44; by AD 41, King over all Palestine)
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[For more detailed charts of the Herodian Dynasty
and related materials, see Roman
Rulers by Prof. Mahlon Smith and Herod's
Family Tree by Rodney Baird.]
[For the period preceding the Roman rule of Palestine, see my Hellenistic
and Maccabean Era page.]
Roman Emperors mentioned in the New Testament:
Roman Prefects (Procurators/Governors) of Judea mentioned in the New Testament:
Other Roman Rulers and Soldiers named in the New Testament:
Herodian Rulers and Relatives mentioned in the New Testament:
For a much more detailed chart of the Herodian Family, see The House of Herod by Prof. Mahlon Smith.
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