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  1. Pontius_pilate

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    Early Career and Appointment
    The exact details of Pilate’s background before his appointment remain obscure, though his cognomen, Pilatus, is frequently associated with the Latin pileatus, suggesting a connection to the cap worn by freedmen or a specific military cohort formation, possibly the pila throwing unit [1]. Archaeological evidence, specifically a damaged inscription recovered near Caesarea Maritima (the Roman administrative capital), te…