ESTABLISHMENT OF ROMAN RULE IN JUDEA AS THE BACKGROUND OF BIBLICAL EVENTS
The author analyzes the political situation in Judea at the beginning of the first century BC. and highlights the reasons for the establishment of Roman rule in it. Special attention is paid to the activities of Gnaeus Pompey, who managed to take advantage of the political crisis in Judea during the power struggle between the representatives of the Hasmonean dynasty. This allowed Pompey to invade Judea in 63 BC and establish a Roman protectorate over it. This served as a prologue for the transformation of Judea into a province of Rome in 6 BC.