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The Roman Empire •Palestine was a small country •Had importance strategic power •Whoever controlled Palestine controlled the trade routes Roman Rule • In 63BCE, The Roman invades Palestine • The Romans put their own governors in charge to rule the people • In 40BCE Herod became King of Palestine • He was capable and loyal to Rome • Samaria and Judaea were both ruled by Pontius Pilate( a Roman governor ) • Governors made sure Jewish people obeyed the law • In return Jews were allowed to follow their own customs • Jews were un happy with Roman Rule • They believed that Palestine was given to them by God Tax Collector • In Palestine the people lived ordinary lives • Earned just enough money to keep them alive • Following their occupation they had to pay extra taxes to the Romans • The money was collected be a local Jewish person called a tax collector • These people were seen as traitor or cheats • Tax collectors were shunned