The administration of Judaea as a province of Rome from 6 to 135 was carried out primarily by a series of Roman prefects, procurators, and legates pro praetore. The first of these administrators coincided or were intertwined with the ostensible rule by the Herodian tetrarchy. The Roman administrators were as follows:

Name Dates of administration Number of years Title Coponius 6–9 3 Praefectus Marcus Ambivulus 9–12 3 Praefectus Annius Rufus 12–15 3 Praefectus Valerius Gratus 15–26 11 Praefectus Pontius Pilatus 26–36 10 Praefectus Marcellus 36–37 1 Praefectus Marullus 37–41 4 Praefectus Vacant 41–44 3 Monarchy restored Cuspius Fadus 44–46 2 Procurator Tiberius Julius Alexander 46–48 2 Procurator Ventidius Cumanus 48–52 4 Procurator Marcus Antonius Felix 52–60 8 Procurator Porcius Festus 60–62 2 Procurator Lucceius Albinus 62–64 2 Procurator Gessius Florus 64–66 2 Procurator Marcus Antonius Julianus c. 66–c. 70 4 Procurator Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis 70–71 1 Legatus Sextus Lucilius Bassus 71–72 1 Legatus Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius Bassus 72–81 9 Legatus Marcus Salvidienus 80–85 5 Legatus Gnaeus Pinarius Aemilius Cicatricula Pompeius Longinus 85–89 1 Legatus Sextus Hermentidius Campanus 93–97 1 Legatus Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus 102–104 2 Legatus Quintus Pompeius Falco 105–107 2 Legatus Tiberianus 114–117 3 Legatus Lusius Quietus 117–118 1 Legatus Lucius Cossonius GallusDąbrowa E. Hadrianic governors of Syria: a reappraisal. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 2017:285-91. c. 120 ? Legatus Quintus Coredius Gallus Gargilius Antiquus c. 124–125 or 122–125 1 (3) Legatus Quintus Tineius Rufus c. 130–c. 132 2 Legatus Sextus Julius Severus 133–136(137?) 3 (4) Legatus

"Hadrian stationed an extra legion in Judaea, renaming it Syria Palaestina.". This was following the defeat of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 135. The Syria-based legion, Legio III Gallica, took part in the quelling of the revolt from 132 to 136, and in the aftermath, the emperor Hadrian renamed the province of Judea and its extra legion Syria Palaestina. The province of Syria Palaestina was divided into Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Salutaris in about 357, and by 409 Palaestina Prima had been further split into a smaller Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Secunda, while Salutaris was named Tertia or Salutaris. Palæstina Prima or Palaestina I existed from the late 4th century until it was temporarily lost to the Sassanid Empire (Persian Empire) in 614, but re-conquered in 628 and finally until the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s.; ;

See also Kings of Israel Kings of Judah Herodian Dynasty List of High Priests of Israel Syria Palaestina Promagistrate

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