Pontius, a centurion mentioned by Cicero on account of his great strength. He may be the same person as the Pontius mentioned by Lucilius. Pontius Titinianus, a son of Quintus Titinius, who was adopted by one of the Pontii. Cicero asserts that he joined Caesar out of fear on the outbreak of the Civil War, which if correct would distinguish him from the soldier later captured by Scipio. Pontius, a soldier serving under Caesar, was captured by Metellus Scipio during the Civil War, and urged to go over to the side of Pompeius; but he stated that he would prefer death to betraying Caesar. Lucius Pontius, supported Caecilius, uncle of Pomponius Atticus, in a property dispute. Pontius Aquila, tribune of the plebs in 45 BC, annoyed Julius Caesar by not standing up during his triumphal procession, and afterwards became one of Caesar's assassins. He became a legate of fellow conspirator Decimus Brutus Albinus in Cisalpine Gaul, and was slain at the Battle of Mutina against the forces of Mark Antony. Lucius Pontius Aquila, a at Sutrium in an undetermined period. He may be identical with the assassin of Julius Caesar. Pontius, a companion of Marcus Antonius, whom Cicero excoriated in his Philippics. Pontius, punished with castration by Publius Cerennius, after the latter discovered him in the act of adultery with his wife. Pontius Aufidianus, learned that his daughter's tutor had allowed a certain Fannius Saturninus to deflower her, he put both the slave and his daughter to death. Pontius Lupus, a man of equestrian rank, who lost his eyesight, but continued as an advocate in the law courts. Pontius Pilatus, prefect of Judaea from AD 26 to 36, during the reign of Tiberius. He is today best known for the execution of Jesus. Pontius Fregellanus, a senator, deprived of his rank for aiding in the adulteries of Albucilla, in AD 36. Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, consul in AD 37, the year in which Tiberius died. Pontia Postumia, murdered by Octavius Sagitta, tribune of the plebs in AD 58, having broken off their engagement. Sagitta was banished to an island. Pontia, the wife of Petronius, who was put to death as one of the conspirators against Nero. Pontia poisoned her children, and opened her veins. Pontius Laelianus, mentioned in the testamentum Dasumii, perhaps the father of Marcus Pontius Laelianus, the consul of AD 145. Marcus Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus, consul suffectus