Pontius
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Pontius means "marine" or "relating to the sea." It can be used as a name, both first and last. People named "Pontius" include;

• The Greek name for Pontic Greeks
• Pontius Aquilia, a tribune that lived at the time of Julius Caesar
• Pontius Fregellanus, a man of senatorial rank. He was involved in an adultery scandal at the time the Emperor Tiberius, died in March 37
• Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, became consul at the time the Emperor Tiberius died in March 37

• Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea, according to the Bible he presided over the trial of Jesus
• Gaius Pontius, Samnite commander and victor at the Battle of the Caudine Forks, believed ancestor of Pontius Pilate
• Chris Pontius, actor in Jackass television series
• Paulus Pontius, artist
• Pontius of Carthage, deacon in Carthage, early Christian writer from the middle of the 3rd century, who wrote a description of the life of Church Father Cyprian of Carthage

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