# Coponius

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{{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](/source/Praefectus)<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](/source/Procurator_(ancient_Rome)) become the official designation.}}</ref>) of [Judaea province](/source/Judea_(Roman_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](/source/Equites), and "had the power of life and death".<ref name="BJ">{{cite book| author=[Josephus](/source/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](/source/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](/source/province_of_Judea) then in progress, the [census](/source/Census_of_Quirinius) was being taken by [Quirinius](/source/Quirinius), [Roman legate](/source/Roman_legate) of [Syria](/source/Roman_Syria), which was a further cause of offence. 

In 9, Coponius was recalled to Rome, and replaced by [Marcus Ambivulus](/source/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](/source/Roman_Procurator_coinage)
* [Coponia gens](/source/Coponia_gens)

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

==Further reading==
* [Schürer, Emil](/source/Emil_Sch%C3%BCrer). ''Geschichte des Jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi''. 3d ed., i. 487.
* [Schlatter, Adolf](/source/Adolf_Schlatter). ''Zur Topographie und Geschichte Palästinas''. p.&nbsp;206.
* [Krauss, Samuel](/source/Samuel_Krauss).  ''Griechische und Lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum''. ii. 537.

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{{s-hou|[Roman Rulers of Judea](/source/Roman_administration_of_Judaea_(AD_6%E2%80%93135))}}
{{s-bef|before=[Herod Archelaus](/source/Herod_Archelaus),<br>[Ethnarch](/source/Ethnarch) of [Samaria](/source/Samaria), Judea, and [Edom](/source/Edom)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Prefect](/source/Prefect) of [Judaea](/source/Iudaea_Province) |}}
{{s-aft|after=[Marcus Ambivulus](/source/Marcus_Ambivulus)}}
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Category:1st-century Roman governors of Judaea
Category:Census of Quirinius

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