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Pilate, Pontius d.c.36AD
Roman prefect of Judea and Samaria
He presided at the trial of Jesus Christ and ordered his crucifixion. Under his rule there were many uprisings, and Vitellius sent him to Rome to answer to Emperor Tiberius (36) on charges of rapacity and cruelty. Eusebius of Caesarea says that Pilate committed suicide, others say he was banished to Vienna Allobrogum (Vienne), or beheaded under Nero. Tradition makes him (or his wife) accept Christianity, and associates him with Pilatus in Switzerland. The so-called Acts of Pilate are unauthentic.
Bibliography: Adrian Johns, Pontius Pilate (1988)
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