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[[Image:Pilate-inscription.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Dedicatory inscription to Roman Emperor Tiberius by Pontius Pilate, First Century A.D.]]
[[File:PilateChristWBHole.png|thumb|200px|right|''Jesus Being Interviewed Privately by Pontius Pilate'' (ca. 1900-06); watercolor on paper by William Brassey Hole (1846-1917)]]
'''Marcus Pontius Pilatus''', also known as '''Pontius Pilate''', was the [[Roman]] governor of [[Judaea]] from 26 to 36 A.D., and famous for ordering the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus of Nazareth]].
'''Marcus Pontius Pilatus''', also known as '''Pontius Pilate''', was the [[Roman]] governor of [[Judaea]] from 26 to 36 A.D., and famous for ordering the [[crucifixion]] of [[Jesus of Nazareth]].
==Inscription==
==Inscription==
[[Image:Pilate-inscription.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Dedicatory inscription to Roman Emperor Tiberius by Pontius Pilate, First Century A.D.]]
A slab of stone became the first archaeological find that confirmed the existence of Pilate. In 1961 in the Mediterranean port of Caesarea, which was once the residence of a Roman governor in Judea, two Italian archaeologists discovered a limestone slab measuring 82 × 100 × 20 cm with a Latin inscription deciphered by Dr. Antonio Frova as:
A slab of stone became the first archaeological find that confirmed the existence of Pilate. In 1961 in the Mediterranean port of Caesarea, which was once the residence of a Roman governor in Judea, two Italian archaeologists discovered a limestone slab measuring 82 × 100 × 20 cm with a Latin inscription deciphered by Dr. Antonio Frova as:
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