Roman governor of the ancient Roman Judaea province (from 6 to 9 CE)
Coin of Coponius
Coponius was the 1st Roman governor (Prefect[1]) of Judaea province (6 to 9).
^H.H. Ben-Sasson, A History of the Jewish People, Harvard University Press, 1976, ISBN 0-674-39731-2, page 246: "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."
one door of the Temple bore the name of "door of Coponius". Regarding the personal attitude of Coponius toward the Jews, nothing definite is known. Roman...
Procurators on Jewish Virtual Library Coponius - article by R. Gottheil & S. Krauss in the Jewish Encyclopedia Coponius on Virtual Religion website Ancient...
biblical Judea and Samaria. Originally a cavalry officer, he succeeded Coponius in 9 and ruled the area until 12, when he was succeeded by Annius Rufus...
authority of the Legate of Syria Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, who appointed Coponius as Prefect of Judea. Following the death of Herod Philip II (34 AD) and...
accused. Marcus Coponius, party to a lawsuit pleaded by Quintus Scaevola in the court of the centumviri, 93 BC. Titus and Gaius Coponius T. n., two brothers...
Samaria, Judea and Idumea) came under direct Roman administration, with Coponius appointed as prefect. At the same time, Quirinius was appointed Legate...
Iconum Insigniorum Reign 4 BCE – 6 CE Predecessor Herod the Great Successor Coponius (Prefect of Judaea) Born 23 BCE Died c. 18 CE Jericho Dynasty Herodian...
works. Coponius had left an as-yet-unborn son as his chief heir, with Curius as the substitute heir until the son came of age. However, Coponius soon died...
not without dispute, some think that this was the site of the Kipunos (Coponius) Gate, which existed during the Second Temple period. The Moors' Gate,...
province by Roman prefects and after 44 by procurators, beginning with Coponius (Herodians continued to rule elsewhere and Agrippa I and Agrippa II later...
Pythod]orus 95–96 Octavius Theon 96–97 Octavius Proclus 97-99 unknown 99–100 T. Coponius Maximus of Hagnus 100–101 Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus of Marathon 101–102...
Gaius Papirius Maso, accused of repetundae by Titus Coponius of Tibur. He was condemned, and Coponius rewarded with Roman citizenship. Gaius Papirius Carbo...
efforts, Dio successfully made it to Rome and stayed in the house of Titus Coponius, a member of the Senate. In 57 BC, the consul Publius Cornelius Lentulus...
Titus Coponius' house, where Dio met his untimely death. While there, Gordianus learns that the philosopher regularly abused one of Titus Coponius' slave...
aligned. An inscription from 99/100 AD mentions in passing that Titus Coponius Maximus was the priest of Ares Enyalius and Enyo (IG II2 1072), which is...
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