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Flaccus, L. Pomponius

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Roman governor of Syria (32-35?); no particulars concerning his life are known. When Agrippa (afterward King Agrippa I.), while poor and suffering, was insulted by his brother-in-law Herod Antipas, he applied to Flaccus, with whom he had formed a friendship at Rome.

Bibliography:
  • Grätz, Gesch. 4th ed., 3:319;
  • Schürer, Gesch. 3d ed., 1:551;
  • Prosopographia Imperii Romani, 3:76.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Flaccus, L. Pomponius'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​f/flaccus-l-pomponius.html. 1901.
 
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