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*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Ambivulus (sources)]]
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*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Ambivulus (subject)]]
 
 
'''Marcus Ambivulus''' was the Roman governor of Judea, from 9 CE to 12 CE, under Emperor [[Augustus]].
 
==Overview==
 
In 9 CE, Emperor [[Augustus]] appointed the cavalry officer Marcus Ambivulus to succeed [[:Category:Coponius (subject)|Coponius]] as the Roman Prefect of Judea and Samaria. No noticeable event is recorded during his tenure, except the death (by natural causes) of [[:Category:Salome I (subject)|Salome I]], sister of [[:Category:Herod the Great (subject)|Herod the Great]], who left some territories to the family of the Roman Emperor [[Augustus]]. In 13 CE [[:Category:Rufus (subject)|Annius Rufus]] took Ambivulus' place.
 
==Ambivulus in ancient sources==
 
Josephus' works are the major source of information on Marcus Ambivulus.
 
==Ambivulus in Scholarship==
 
==Ambivulus in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
*[[Roman Governors of Judea]]
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ambivulus Wikipedia]




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