Chapter C: E. 6. Coponius,

9. Marcus Ambivius,
13. Annius Rufus,
15. Valerius Gratus,
26. Pontius Pilate,
36. Marcellus (?)
37. Marullus (?)
[41. _Agrippa I king_],
44. Cuspius Fadus,
47. Tiberius Julius Alexander,
48. Cumanus,
52. Felix,
60. Festus,
62. Albinus,
64-66. Gessius Florus.

=37.= =Herod I king.=

35. _Aristobulus (III)_, brother of Mariamne, high
priest, _killed_ by order of Herod.

31. Hyrcanus II executed.

30(about). HILLEL president of the Synhedrion; SHAMMAI deputy.

Herod in favor with Augustus, the first Roman
emperor.

29. _Mariamne executed._

20(about). _Herod rebuilds the Temple._

Asinai and Anilai found a small Jewish state in
Nahardea.

6. Execution of Mariamne’s sons, Alexander and
Aristobulus.

4. Death of Herod. _Archelaus_ possessor of Judæa and
Samaria; _Herod Antipas_ Tetrarch of Galilee and
Peræa; (Herod) Philip II Tetrarch of Gaulanitis,
Batanæa, Trachonitis, and Panias.

3. Revolt against Archelaus; the “War Period of Varus,”
governor of Syria. Leadership of _Judas the
Galilean, founder of the Zealots_.

2. Archelaus recognized as Ethnarch by Augustus.

C.E.

6. Archelaus deposed; Judæa a Roman province; Coponius
_the first procurator_; Quirinius, governor of
Syria, takes a census for purposes of taxation.

18 (about). Izates and Helen of Adiabene embrace Judaism.
Conversions to Judaism in Rome.

26. _Pontius Pilate_ procurator.

_John the Baptist._

=30= (about). JESUS OF NAZARETH. =Rise of Christianity.=

33. Philip’s tetrarchy falls to Rome.

37. _Agrippa I_, favorite of Caligula, made king of
Philip’s tetrarchy.

38. The Jews of Alexandria persecuted by Flaccus.

40. PHILO JUDÆUS, ambassador to Caligula. The
emperor’s statue set up in the Temple.

Herod Antipas deposed; his tetrarchy added to King
Agrippa I’s territory.

41. Claudius restores the Alabarchate in Alexandria to
_Alexander Lysimachus_, brother of Philo.

AGRIPPA I receives Judæa and Galilee, Archelaus’
possessions, from Claudius, and IS KING OF THE
WHOLE OF PALESTINE.

GAMALIEL I THE ELDER, president of the Synhedrion.

43. Helen of Adiabene in Jerusalem.

44. Death of Agrippa I. _Herod II, prince of Chalcis,
titular king of Judæa._

Theudas, a false Messiah.

48. SAUL OF TARSUS, THE APOSTLE PAUL, converts the
heathen to Christianity. Death of Herod II.

49. AGRIPPA II, prince of Chalcis, TITULAR KING OF
JUDÆA.

_The Zealots and the Sicarii_ commit depredations.

52. Hostilities between Jews and the heathen at Cæsarea.

53. Agrippa II king of Philip’s tetrarchy.

63. _Joshua ben Gamala_, high priest, establishes
=elementary schools= in Judæa.

64. _Gessius Florus_, the last of the procurators.

66. The census taken by Cestus Gallus, governor of
Syria, at Jerusalem; the _Passover of the
Crushing_.

Renewed hostilities between the Jews and the heathen
of Cæsarea.

REBELLION AGAINST GESSIUS FLORUS in Jerusalem; the
Zealots under Eleazar ben Ananias.

End of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem.

Race hostilities between the Jews and the heathen in
Judæa, Syria, and Alexandria.

Cestius Gallus besieges Jerusalem.

Cestius Gallus retires from Jerusalem; Judæa ruled
by the Synhedrion, Simon II ben Gamaliel
president.

66. The prohibition of “_The Eighteen Things_” enacted
by the school of Shammai in consequence of the
continued hostilities between the Jews and the
heathen.

_War in Galilee_; FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS governor of
Galilee.

66. _John of Gischala_ accuses Josephus of duplicity
before the Synhedrion.

67. Gabara taken by Vespasian.

_Fall of Jotapata._ Josephus surrenders to the
Romans. Fall of Gamala.

The fall of Gischala completes the _conquest of
Galilee_ by the Romans.

The Idumæans enter Jerusalem as the allies of the
Zealots; civil war in Jerusalem; reign of terror
under the Zealots; the Synhedrion ceases to exist.

68. Peræa taken by Vespasian.

_Simon bar Giora_ enters Jerusalem, and renews the
civil war.

69. Vespasian proclaimed emperor; he leaves Judæa. TITUS
commander of the army in Judæa.

Civil dissension continues in Jerusalem.

=70.= TITUS BEGINS THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.

Fall of the outer wall of Jerusalem; Bezetha in the
hands of the Romans.

Fall of the Tower of Antonia.

Famine in Jerusalem. Sacrifices cease to be brought
in the Temple.

BURNING OF THE TEMPLE. Titus in the Holy of Holies.

Zion, the upper city, burnt by Titus. =Complete
destruction of Jerusalem.=

An academy founded in Jamnia by JOCHANAN BEN ZAKKAI.

71. The fortresses Herodium and Machærus taken by
Bassus. Titus’ triumph; execution of Simon bar
Giora.

72. Masada taken by Silva; the last Zealots fall; JUDÆA
COMPLETELY CONQUERED. Death of Agrippa II.

The _Fiscus judaicus_ instituted by Vespasian.