[Jonty30]

Another aspect that isn’t oftened mentioned is that Galillee is the equivalent of Podunksville in the Roman empire. You’re not there because you are a favoured individual. You’ve either angered Caesar or you were considered incompetent or something else entirely.

[Red Badger]

And if you really pissed off the Emperor, you were sent to Germany or Great Britain................

[arrogantsob]

That aspect of Christ’s birth became clear to me as never before. His father came from Podunkeville and he was born in a stable surrounded by the filth of animals. Can’t get any more humble that that.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So Colonel Klink of Luft Stalag 13?

[Antoninus]

You’ve either angered Caesar or you were considered incompetent or something else entirely.

Not exactly. If you've angered Caesar, you get no post. You're lucky to survive with your life and property intact.

Incompetence is possible. However, if you were considered incompetent, it was much more likely that you would get no post at all. All such posts contained the possibility for official assigned to become quite wealthy skimming the top off of tribute collection. A post like Judea, where the people were notoriously rebellious and where the governor had to deal with local client kings who were often friends of Caesar, required someone with a certain amount of diplomatic finesse--in other words, not an incompetent.