RT Article
T1 Pontius Pilate and the Imperial Cult in Roman Judaea
JF New Testament studies
VO 52
IS 4
SP 555
OP 582
A1 Taylor, Joan E. 1958-
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785738798
AB While Pontius Pilate is often seen as agnostic, in modern terms, the material evidence of his coinage and the Pilate inscription from Caesarea indicate a prefect determined to promote a form of Roman religion in Judaea. Unlike his predecessors, in the coinage Pilate used peculiarly Roman iconographic elements appropriate to the imperial cult. In the inscription Pilate was evidently responsible for dedicating a Tiberieum to the Dis Augustis. This material evidence may be placed alongside the report in Philo Legatio ad Gaium (299–305) where Pilate sets up shields – likewise associated with the Roman imperial cult –honouring Tiberius in Jerusalem.
DO 10.1017/S0028688506000300