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nounthe southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
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- pilate the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
- herod king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
- zealot a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
- herod the great king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
- judas maccabaeus Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC; hero of the Apocryphal books I Maccabees and II Maccabees (?-161 BC)
- sennacherib king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)
- pontius pilate the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)