Marcus Ambivulus
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Marcus Ambivulus was Roman Prefect of the province of Judea
and Samaria
. Originally a cavalry officer, he succeeded Coponius
in 9 AD and ruled the area until 13 AD when he was succeeded by Annius Rufus
. Josephus
noted his tenure in Antiquities 18.31.
Judea
Judea or Judæa was the name of the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel from the 8th century BCE to the 2nd century CE, when Roman Judea was renamed Syria Palaestina following the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt.-Etymology:The...
and Samaria
Samaria
Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...
. Originally a cavalry officer, he succeeded Coponius
Coponius
Coponius was the first governor of Iudaea province, about 6 CE.He was, like the procurators who succeeded him, of knightly rank, and "had the power of life and death". During his administration occurred the revolt of Judas the Galilean , the cause of which was not so much the personality of...
in 9 AD and ruled the area until 13 AD when he was succeeded by Annius Rufus
Annius Rufus
Annius Rufus succeeded Marcus Ambivulus as Prefect of Judea in 12 CE. His tenure was apparently without incident since the only event that Josephus reports as occurring while he was in office is the death of Augustus in Rome in 14 CE. He was succeeded by Valerius Gratus in 15 CE.-External links:* ...
. Josephus
Josephus
Titus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of...
noted his tenure in Antiquities 18.31.
See also
- Roman Prefects, Procurators and Legates of Iudaea Province, 6-135 AD
- Roman Procurator coinageRoman Procurator coinageRoman Procurator coinage were coins issued by the Roman Procurators and Prefects of the province of Judea between 6 - 66 AD. They minted only one denomination and size, the bronze prutah.Not all of the Procurators issued coinage...