Timeline of the Bible · The Life of Christ
Rome
Empire · About 5 BC–AD 66
The Years
- Began 5 BC
- “There came forth a command from Augustus, that all the Roman World should be taxed”
- Ended AD 66
- “Paul sent his second epistle to Timothy to Ephesus”
From the decree of Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed (Luke 2:1), to Paul's last epistle, written in his bonds at Rome (2 Timothy 1:16-17; 4:6).
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
