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'''Marcus Ambivulus''' was the Roman governor of Judea, from 9 CE to 12 CE, under Emperor [[Augustus]].
*DICTIONARY: see [[Ambivulus]]
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Ambivulus (sources)]]


==Biography==
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==
This category includes (in chronological order) scholarly and fictional works dealing with the character of [[Ambivulus]].  
Josephus' works are the major source of information on Marcus Ambivulus.


====Josephus, Jewish War====


Ant XVIII 2, 2 -- Marcus Ambivius came to be [[:Category:Coponius (subject)|Coponius]]'s successor in that government; under whom Salome, the sister of king Herod, died, and left to Julia, [Caesar's wife,] Jamnia, all its toparchy, and Phasaelis in the plain, and Arehelais, where is a great plantation of palm trees, and their fruit is excellent in its kind. After him came [[:Category:Rufus (subject)|Annius Rufus]]...
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==Ambivulus in Scholarship==
 
==Ambivulus in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[:Category:Roman Governors (subject)|Roman Governors (subject)]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Ambivulus Wikipedia]
 
[[Category:Subjects]]
[[Category:People]]

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