{{short description|Roman governor of the ancient Roman Judaea province (from 6 CE to 9 CE)}} right|thumb|Coin of Coponius '''Coponius''' was the first Roman governor (prefect<ref>{{Cite book |first=H.H. |last=Ben-Sasson |title=A History of the Jewish People |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1976 |isbn=0-674-39731-2 |page=246 |quote=At first the governor of Judea held the title of prefect; only after Herod Agrippa's death (in A.D. 44) did procurator become the official designation.}}</ref>) of Judaea province (from 6 CE to 9 CE).

==Biography== thumb|Map of the province of Judaea during Coponius' governorship He was, like the prefects who succeeded him, an eques, and "had the power of life and death".<ref name="BJ">{{cite book| author=Josephus |title=Bellum Judaicum |title-link=The Jewish War |at=ii. 8, § 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| author=Josephus |title=Antiquities of the Jews |title-link=Antiquities of the Jews |at=xviii. 1, § 1}}</ref> During his administration the revolt of Judas the Galilean occurred,<ref name="BJ"/> the cause of which was not so much the personality of Coponius as the introduction of Roman soldiers. Owing to the reconstruction of the province of Judea then in progress, the census was being taken by Quirinius, Roman legate of Syria, which was a further cause of offence.

In 9, Coponius was recalled to Rome, and replaced by Marcus Ambivulus.<ref>{{cite book| author=Josephus |title=Antiquities of the Jews |title-link=Antiquities of the Jews |at=xviii. 2, § 2}}</ref>

==See also== * Roman Procurator coinage * Coponia gens

==References== <references/> * {{JewishEncyclopedia|title=Coponius|url=http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=764&letter=C}}

==Further reading== * Schürer, Emil. ''Geschichte des Jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi''. 3d ed., i. 487. * Schlatter, Adolf. ''Zur Topographie und Geschichte Palästinas''. p.&nbsp;206. * Krauss, Samuel. ''Griechische und Lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum''. ii. 537.

{{s-start}} {{s-hou|Roman Rulers of Judea}} {{s-bef|before=Herod Archelaus,<br>Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Edom}} {{s-ttl|title=Prefect of Judaea |}} {{s-aft|after=Marcus Ambivulus}} {{s-end}}

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