Holy Era of History
There is a little symmetry in history.
Before 60 years of the birth of Christ, Jerusalem was conquered and taken by Roman troops. Almost after 60 years of the birth of Christ, Jerusalem was destroyed and taken by Roman troops.
Before 30 years of the birth of Christ, Antony and Cleopatra died. Almost 30 years after the nominal birth of Christ, Christ died.
11th century BC–930 BC — part of the Kingdom of Israel
930–586 BC — Kingdom of Judah
586–539 BC — Babylonian Empire
539–332 BC — Persian Empire
332 BC: Alexander the Great wins siege of Tyre; attacks Gaza, which fall. Jerusalem and Judea fell under Greek control and Hellenic influence. After the Wars of the Diadochi following Alexander's death, Jerusalem and Judea fell under Ptolemaic control under Ptolemy I and continued minting Yehud coinage.
305–198 BC — Ptolemaics
198–141 BC — Seleucids
141–37 BC — The Hasmonean state in Israel established by the Maccabees, after 63 BCE under Roman supremacy
63 BC: Pompey captures Jerusalem, and establishes Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. He also permanently abolishes Seleucid Syria. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty.
48 BC: Julius Caesar was engaged in a civil war with another Roman leader, Pompey. Pompey had been defeated in a battle and fled to Egypt. Caesar was pursuing him but Pompey was assassinated upon his arrival in Egypt before Caesar arrived in Egypt. Caesar was left with idle time.
Cleopatra arranges to meet Caesar under intimate terms by having herself rolled up in a carpet that is delivered to Caesar's home quarters. When the carpet was unrolled a vivacious 21 year old Egyptian queen emerges. Caesar was about 52 at the time.
46 BC: Cleopatra gives birth to Caesar's child, a boy who is named Ptolemy Caesar and called Caesarion.
45 BC: Cleopatra joins Caesar in Rome. Her brother/husband Ptolemy XIV accompanies her. Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV are housed in a villa belonging to Caesar on the outskirts of Rome. Caesar orders that a gold-plated statue of Cleopatra be placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix. Caesar's clan, the Julians, were supposedly descended from Venus.
44 BC: March 15, Caesar murdered by Brutus, Cassius, and their co-conspirators acting for the Republicans. Octavian returns from Greece.
40 BC Herod is appointed as king of Judaea by the Senate.
(40 BC–4 BC: Herod the Great, appointed King of the Jews by the Roman Senate.)
37 BC: Herod the Great captured Jerusalem, ending Hasmonean rule. Herod ruled the Province of Judea as a client-king of the Romans, rebuilt the Second Temple (see also Herod's Temple), upgraded the surrounding complex, and expanded the minting of coins to many denominations.
Antony marries Cleopatra at Antioch.
30 BC: Death of Antony and Cleopatra in Alexandria. Egypt is annexed as an imperial province of Rome.
27 BC: The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. Augustus eventually assumes all authority formerly held by the Roman senate becoming the first emperor. The Roman state is henceforth known as the Roman Empire, and the period from 27 BC to AD 305 as the Principate.
20 BC: Reconstruction on the Great Temple in Jerusalem is begun by King Herod Agrippa.
15 BC: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, son-in-law of Emperor Augustus visits Jerusalem and offers a hecatomb in the temple.
6 BC: John the Baptist is born in Ein Kerem to Zechariah and Elizabeth.
6– 4 BC: Birth of Jesus of Nazareth
5 BC: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 40 days after his birth in Bethlehem (Biblical sources only).
0 AD: Traditional Date of the Birth of Jesus.
6 AD: End of Herodian governorate in Jerusalem.
Province of Roman Judaea created by merging Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea.
14-37 AD: Tiberius, Roman Emperor
26-36 AD: Pontius Pilate prefect of Roman Judea during the Crucifixion of Jesus.
Pontius Pilate, Prefect (governor) of Iudaea, recalled to Rome by Syrian Legate Vitellius on complaints of excess violence (JA18.4.2).
28 or 29 AD: John the Baptist began his ministry in the "15th year of Tiberius" (Luke 3:1–2), saying: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near" (Matthew 3:1–2), a relative of Jesus (Luke 1:36), a Nazirite (Luke 1:15), baptized Jesus (Mark 1:4–11), later arrested and beheaded by Herod Antipas (Luke 3:19–20), it's possible that, according to Josephus' chronology, John was not killed until 36 (JA18.5.2)[4].
28-30 AD: Three year Ministry of Jesus, during which a number of key events took place in Jerusalem, including: (Biblical sources only).
30 AD: Key events in the martyrdom of Jesus which took place in Jerusalem (Biblical sources only).
30-64 AD: Peter served as the first pope.
30–70 AD: Schism within Judaism during the Second Temple era. A sect within Hellenised Jewish society starts Jewish Christianity, see also Rejection of Jesus.
44 AD: Death of Herod Agrippa I.
48-100 AD: Herod Agrippa II appointed King of the Jews by Claudius, seventh and last of the Herodians.
50 AD: Passover riot in Jerusalem, 20-30,000 killed.
60? AD: Paul in Rome: greeted by many "brothers."
64-68 AD: After July 18 Great Fire of Rome, Nero blamed and persecuted the Christians (or Chrestians[13]), possibly the earliest mention of Christians, by that name, in Rome.
64/67(?)-76/79(?) AD: Pope Linus succeeds Peter as Episcopus Romanus (Bishop of Rome).
66–70 AD: The Great Jewish Revolt against Roman occupation ended with destruction of the Second Temple and the fall of Jerusalem. 1,100,000 people are killed by the Romans during the siege, and 97,000 captured and enslaved.
326: Emperor Constantine built Basilica over St. Peter’s tomb.
590 - 604: Pope Gregory established popes as de facto rules of central Italy.
1475: Pope Sixtus IV built Sistine Chapel, Sixtus Bridge over the Tiber River.
1521: Martin Luther excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X.
1626: St. Peter’s Cathedral consecrated.
1823: St. Peter's Basilica destroyed by fire.
http://www.unrv.com/empire/roman-timeline-1st-century.php
1825: St. Peter's Basilica reconstructed in time for Holy Year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_century_BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Jerusalem
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/alexander/a/Alexander_3.htm
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/cleopatra.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Jewish_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Christianity
http://www.datesandevents.org/people-timelines/36-timeline-of-jesus.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/vatican/vatimeln.htm
Note that those who saw Cleopatra acting as Queen of Egypt could not most probably see Christ Jesus preaching around Galilee and Jerusalem. They belong to different eras apparently.
Caesar was killed 44 years before 0 AD and Cleopatra and Antony died 30 years before the change of the history. But JFK was assassinated 37 years and RFK and MLK were killed 32 two years before 2000.
Accordingly, we had better get prepared for 2030 and 2060, since something terrible might occur.
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Mat 10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Mat 10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Mat 10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Mat 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Mat 10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.