No, Peter Breughel the Younger did.
a census
Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem , as it was told to go to their respective hometowns for the census.
Are you referring to the census that luke mentions as the reason for why Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem? We have no historical record of such a census.
There is no existing census of the size of the town of Bethlehem in 3 BC. It is estimated that several hundred people lived there at that time.
Mary and Joseph were obliged to go to Bethlehem for the census by the Roman authorities. In a sense you could also say God led them, since it was ordained that Christ would be born in Bethlehem.
Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census so they could be taxed.
because there was a census that was being done and every man had to go to their own hometown.
Mary and Joseph had to travel to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to be counted in the census ordered by the Roman Emperor. This journey was approximately 90 miles and they likely traveled by foot or on a donkey.
a small town, small population, except when he was born there was a census going on so it was full
No. They went because Casear ordered a CENSUS of all the people. A CENSUS is when the people are counted. Men had to take their wives and children, if they had them, to the city of their birth.
Caesar Agustus issued an order for everyone to go to their hometown and be taxed. It was also part of a census.
Yes, there was a mandatory census so they could be counted. They traveled a long way, too!