Roman prefects of Judea (AD 6-26)
When Archelaus was deposed, Judea became a Roman province ruled from Caesarea by prefects of the equestrian order: Coponius (AD 6–9), Marcus Ambivulus (9–12), Annius Rufus (12–15), and Valerius Gratus (15–26). Quirinius, governor of Syria, took a census of the new province, which provoked the revolt of Judas the Galilean (Acts 5:37). Gratus made Caiaphas high priest, probably in AD 18.