Once an independent kingdom, Judea came under Roman rule.
37 BCE
Rome appointed Herod to be the King of Judea.
Period: 6 BCE to 30
Birth and death of Jesus of Nazareth
4 BCE
Herod died
24
When he was 30, a preacher known as John the Baptist identified Jesus as the Messiah, the savior the Jews had been waiting for to save them from the Romans.