Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, also translated as Cyrenius, was a Roman aristocrat. After the banishment of the ethnarch Herod Archelaus from the tetrarchy of Judea in AD 6, Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria, to which the province of Judaea had been added for census purposes.

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Occupation: politician, military personnel, governor
Position held: ancient Roman senator, proconsul prouinciae Cretae et Cyrenes, Roman consul, legatus Augusti pro praetore Galatiae
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Born: 45 BC

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Publius Sulpicius Quirinius

Roman legate, consul and governor of Syria (c.51 BC-AD 21)

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Occupation: politician, military personnel, governor
Position held: ancient Roman senator, proconsul prouinciae Cretae et Cyrenes, Roman consul, legatus Augusti pro praetore Galatiae
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Born: 45 BC

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