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'''Valerius Gratus''' was the Roman governor of Judea, from 15 CE to 26 CE, under Emperor [[Tiberius]].
*DICTIONARY: see [[Gratus]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Gratus (sources)]]


==Biography==
In 15 CE, the new Emperor [[Tiberius]] appointed Valerius Gratus to succeed [[:Category:Rufus (subject)|Annius Rufus]] as the Roman Prefect of Judea. Gratus' tenure was characterized by the deposition of the High Priest [[:Category:Annas (subject)|Annas]] and the repeated changes he made in the appointment of the high priesthood. Annas however remained the éminence grise controlling de facto the Jewish high priesthood, having his son [[Eleazar ben Ananus|Eleazar]] (16-17) and then his son-in-law [[Caiaphas]] (18-36) holding the position. In 26 CE [[:Category:Pilate (subject)|Pontius Pilate]] took Gratus' place.


==Gratus in ancient sources==
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the character of the Roman Governor [[Gratus]].  
Josephus' works are the major source of information on Valerius Gratus.


====Josephus, Jewish Antiquities====
Ant XVIII 2, 2 -- [[:Category:Tiberius (subject)|Tiberius]] sent Valerius Gratus to be procurator of Judea, and to succeed [[:Category:Rufus (subject)|Annius Rufus]]. This man deprived [[:Category:Annas (subject)|Ananus]] of the high priesthood, and appointed Ismael, the son of Phabi, to be high priest. He also deprived him in a little time, and ordained Eleazar, the son of Ananus, who had been high priest before, to be high priest; which office, when he had held for a year, Gratus deprived him of it, and gave the high priesthood to Simon, the son of Camithus; and when he had possessed that dignity no longer than a year, [[:Category:Caiaphas (subject)|Joseph Caiaphas]] was made his successor. When Gratus had done those things, he went back to Rome, after he had tarried in Judea eleven years, when [[:Category:Pilate (subject)|Pontius Pilate]] came as his successor.


==Gratus in Scholarship==
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==Gratus in Fiction==
[[:Category:Ben-Hur (subject)|Ben-Hur]]'s family is accused of attempted murder when a tile accidentally falls from the roof of their house on Gratus.
 
==Related categories==
*[[Roman Governors of Judea]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Gratus Wikipedia]
 
[[Category:Subjects]]
[[Category:People]]

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