Invasion of First Century Palestine By carasd 1250 BCE Reign of Exodus and the Sinai Government 1200 BCE The jews under Joshua conquer local tribes and enter the Promised Land 722 BCE Samaria is besieged and conquered by the Assyrian Government 578 BCE Jerusalem falls to the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar 333 BCE The Jews fall under the Hellenistic rule 198 BCE Israel comes under the Seleucid Rule 170 BCE Antiochus IV attacks Egypt and has himself crowned King of Egypt 63 BCE The Romans conquer Palestine 40 BCE Herod is King of the Jews and ruler of all Jewish territory 31 BCE Caeser Augustus is Emperor of Palestine