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Also Known As Marcus Pontius Pilatus
Died After 36
Title / Office governor (26-36), Judaea

Did You Know?

  • The Nicene Creed mentions Pontius Pilate.
  • Sympathy for and opposition to Pilate's alleged actions have evolved and varied depending on political and historical trends.
  • Saint Augustine argued that Pilate believed Jesus was the King of the Jews.

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Sagrada Família: sculpture of Pontius Pilate
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Herod the Great
Herod
king of Judaea
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa I
king of Judaea
Herod Agrippa II
king of Chalcis
John Hyrcanus II
king of Judaea
Philip
king of Judaea
John Hyrcanus I
king of Judaea
Herod Archelaus
king of Judaea
Manasseh
king of Judah
Aristobulus II
king of Judaea
Zerubbabel
governor of Judaea
Aristobulus I
king of Judaea
Antipater
Idumaean governor of Judaea
Lucius Julius Caesar
Roman consul
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Julius Caesar
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Augustus
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Constantine I
Constantine I
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Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
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