Pilate was the fifth of the Roman prefects in Judea. It is assumed by archaeologists that Pilate used Herodium, originally built in the first century CE by King Herod, as an administrative center.
n inscription on a ring that was found nearly 50 years ago at an excavation near Herodium has been deciphered and could have possibly belonged to Pontius Pilate.(photo credit: J. RODMAN/HEBREW UNIVERSITY)ByRACHEL BERNSTEINUpdated:
