How often when you are reading the Bible, or historical fiction do you get the impression that Jerusalem and Judea were backwaters. Historical fiction, and often movies that feature Roman main characters, often have lines like “Oh, assigned to Judea Marcus? I pity you”. This wasn’t because poor Marcus would be without a decent bath or dining for his term of duty in Judea. No, he would have to deal with the Jews. The other provinces had various tribes (Britain’s were countless), gods (what’s another holiday or idol), or foul weather (Britain again). At least those provinces shook when Roman hob-nailed boots marched. The Jews had standards and kept to them. That made it a hard duty post for any centurion or especially Procurator. Ask Pontius Pilatus.
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