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| 37 B.C. | Josephus | Herod declared King of Judea. | ||
| 31 B.C. | Augustus | Battle of Actium | ||
| 5-6 B.C.? | Matthew, Luke | Birth of Jesus | ||
| 4 B.C. | Josephus | Death of King Herod | ||
| 6 A.D. | Josephus | Archelaus deposed: Judea becomes a Roman province | Annas becomes High Priest | |
| 14 A.D. | Tiberius | Tacitus, Suetonius | Death of Augustus | |
| 18 A.D. | Josephus | Caiaphas becomes High Priest | ||
| 26 A.D. | Tacitus, Josephus,
Philo |
Pilate becomes Prefect (Governor) in Judea | ||
| 28 A.D. | Luke 2 | John the Baptist and Jesus | ||
| 28-30 / 33 A.D. | Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Josephus | Public career of Jesus | ||
| 30 / 33 A.D. | Jesus’ Death and Resurrection | |||
| 36 A.D. | Josephus | Pilate returns to Rome: Marcellus Prefect | ||
| 37 A.D. | Gaius Caligula | Tacitus, Suetonius | Marullus Prefect | |
| 35 – 40 A.D (?) | Acts 7-9 | The “Hellenists” in Jerusalem and along the coast north. Conversion of Paul | ||
| 41 A.D. | Claudius | Josephus, Acts 11, 12.1ff. | Herod Agrippa King of Judea | Early “Gentile Mission” in Antioch. James son of Zebedee killed, Peter gaoled. |
| 44 A.D. | Acts 12.20, Josephus, AJ 19.43 | Death of Herod, March or August | Paul’s First Missionary Journey | |
| ?49 A.D. | Acts 15
1 Thess., Galatians? |
Apostolic Council in Jerusalem
2nd Missionary Journey |
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| c. 51 A.D. | “Gallio Inscription”
Acts 18.12ff |
Gallio Proconsul in Corinth | Paul in Corinth | |
| 54 A.D. | Nero | 1Corinthians ? | ||
| 55 A.D. | 2Corinthians? Romans? | |||
| 58-9 A.D. | Acts 23-24 | Paul in Caesarea | ||
| 62 A.D. | Josephus, AJ 20.200
Acts 28. |
James executed. Paul arrives in Rome. | ||
| 63 A.D. | Philippians?
Acts? |
Paul in Rome: released? To Spain? | ||
| 64 A.D. | Tacitus, Annals 15.44
Suetonius, Life of Nero ??? |
Great Fire in Rome | Christians persecuted in Rome by Nero: Peter, Paul executed | |
| 66 A.D. | Outbreak of the Jewish Revolt. | |||
| 68 A.D. | Tacitus, Suetonius | Death of Nero: Civil War. | ||
| 68-9 A.D. | The “Year of the Four Emperors” | Revelation?
Mark? |
Jerusalem church flees to Pella | |
| 70 A.D. | Vespasian | Suetonius
Josephus Eusebius |
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus | |
| 70s A.D. | Mark? Matthew & Luke? Acts? | Rabbinic academy founded at Jamnia / Yavneh by Yochanan ben Zakkai | ||
| 79 A.D. | Titus | Suetonius | ||
| 81 A.D. | Domitian | Suetonius
Revelation? |
Persecution under Domitian? | |
| 96 A.D. | Nerva |