Category:Ambivulus (subject)
Marcus Ambivulus was the Roman governor of Judea, from 9 CE to 12 CE.
Biography
In 9 CE the cavalry officer Marcus Ambivulus succeeded Coponius as the Roman Prefect of Judea and Samaria. No noticeable event is recorded during his tenure, except the death of Salome, sister of Herod the Great, leaving some territories to the family of the Roman Emperor. In 13 CE Annius Rufus took his place.
Ambivulus in ancient sources
Josephus' works are the major source of information on Marcus Ambivulus.
Josephus, Jewish War
Ant XVIII 2, 2 -- Marcus Ambivius came to be 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 Annius Rufus...
Ambivulus in Scholarship
Ambivulus in Fiction
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