Coponius

Coin of Coponius

Coponius was the first Roman governor (prefect[1]) of Judaea province (from 6 CE to 9 CE).

  1. ^ 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."

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