Marcus Antonius Julianus was the 8th

procurator Procurator (with procuracy or procuratorate referring to the office itself) may refer to: * Procurator, one engaged in procuration, the action of taking care of, hence management, stewardship, agency * ''Procurator'' (Ancient Rome), the title o ...

Judea Judea or Judaea ( or ; from he, יהודה, Standard ''Yəhūda'', Tiberian ''Yehūḏā''; el, Ἰουδαία, ; la, Iūdaea) is an ancient, historic, Biblical Hebrew, contemporaneous Latin, and the modern-day name of the mountainous sou ...

from 66 to 70, during the time of the

First Jewish–Roman War The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt ( he, המרד הגדול '), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire, fought in Roman-controlled ...

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Julianus had taken over the role from

Gessius Florus Gessius Florus was the 7th Roman procurator of Judea from 64 until 66. Biography Born in Clazomenae, Florus was appointed to replace Lucceius Albinus as procurator by the Emperor Nero due to his wife Cleopatra's friendship with Nero's wife Popp ...

, who had done a poor job in avoiding conflict. The Procurator had used the palaces of

Herod the Great Herod I (; ; grc-gre, ; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman Jewish client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renova ...

at Caesarea for himself and as barracks for the Roman troops. He had also taken gold from the temples of the Jews in the name of the emperor. It may be that Marcus Antonius Julianus was a relative of Marcus Antonius Felix, governor from 52 to 58 which would have helped him to have a better understanding of affairs. However Julianus failed in stopping the Jewish revolt from becoming a war. Julianus was apparently the last person to hold the title of Procurator of Judea, although when and how he left his post in unclear. Following the First Jewish-Roman War, Sextus Vettulenus Cerialis was appointed Legate of Judea.

Records

The only person to have kept records of the time was

Flavius Josephus Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly ...

, who states that the real power at the time was with the General

Vespasian Vespasian (; la, Vespasianus ; 17 November AD 9 – 23/24 June 79) was a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 69 to 79. The fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empi ...

, and then from 70 AD, his son

Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September 81 AD) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death. Before becoming emperor, Titus gained renown as a mili ...

. According to the writer Minucius Felix (in Octavius 33.4) he wrote a history relevant to the Jews of that time, but that is now lost.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonius Julianus, Marcus Roman governors of Judaea 1st-century Romans 1st-century historians 1st-century Roman governors of Judaea Julianus, Marcus

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