appointed predecessor successor office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
claudius tiberius julius alexander marcus antonius felix procurator of iudaea 1st century ? 3rd 48 ventidius cumanus
 '' c. '' 52 ventidius cumanus
ventidius cumanus

ventidius cumanus -lrb- `` fl . ''
1st century ad -rrb- was the roman procurator of iudaea province from ad 48 to `` c. '' ad 52 .
a disagreement between the surviving sources , the jewish historian josephus and the roman tacitus , makes it unclear whether his authority was over some or all of the province .
cumanus ' time in office was marked by disputes between his troops and the jewish population , and his failure to respond to an anti-jewish murder in samaritan territory led to violent conflict between jews and samaritans .
following an investigation by the governor of syria , gaius ummidius durmius quadratus , cumanus was sent to rome for a hearing before the emperor claudius , who held him responsible for the violence and sentenced him to exile .
