Gens: PONTIUS
Created: 23rd September 2015
Update:  23rd September 2015
Status Republic: Patrician:     Pleb. Nobilis:       Senatorial: X    Eques Romanus: X
Republican Family / Cognomen
Patrician n/a
Pleb. Nobilis n/a
Senatorial Aquila
Equestrian none, Aufidianus, Lupus, Titianus
Imperial Family / Cognomen
Imperators n/a
Consular Eglectus, Laelianus, Nigrinus, Paulinus, Pontianus, Sabinus, Verus
Senatorial Allifanus, Bassus, Fregellanus ?, Granianus, Labeo, Mauricus, Maximus, Paelignus, Proculus, Quietus, Rabellianus, Rufus, 
Equestrian Crescens, Eclectus, Mela ?, Pilatus, Sabinus, Strabo, Victor
Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors 0
Imperial Consuls and Emperors 10 incl. 0 emperors
Notes: M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806 now known to be cos suff 145, not 144.
Literature Birley: Government of Britain: p.284-285 (M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806)
Corbier: Aerarium p.53-4 (L.Pontius Nigrinus P811)
Dabrowa: Syria p.104-106 (M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806)
Dietz: Senatus §69 (p.205-6 Pontius Proculus Pontianus P818)
Eck: Statthalter p.94+103 shows that the governor of Germ Sup in 241/2 (A or M[…]anus) cannot be Pontius Proculus Pontianus P818.
Fitz: Pannonien §286 (p.481-2 M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806) , §526 (p.851-2 Pontius Antoninus), §674 + §710 (p.1034-5 + p.1082 Ti.Pontius Pontianus P816)
Jacques: Curateurs: §94 (p.194-5 M.Pontius Eclectus Archelaus P796), §107 (p.217-8 M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806)
Marcillet-Jaubert,  J.: "M. Pontivs Varanvs Sabinvs", in ZPE, Bd. 43 (1981), pp. 237-239
Okon, Danuta: "P. Fu(...) Pontianus, once again", in Philia, Vol.1, 2015, pp.129-135, identifies F496 with C.Pontius Fuficius Pontianus Maximus, either a son of a Pontius and Fuficia or
the son of a Fuficius and a Pontia.
Pflaum: Narbonnaise p.81-83 (M.Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus P806), p.116-7 (T.Pontius Sabinus P823)
Settipani: Continuite Gentilice p.352 dates Pontia Privata to 4th century
Thomasson: Fasti Africani p.179 (Pontius P790)
Wiseman: New Men §335 (p.253 L.Pontius Aquila RE17), §336 (p.253 C.Pontius Paelignus P813)
Changes
RE6
Herennius (or Caius) Pontius
 
RE4  
C.Pontius
Samnite supreme commander who forced Rome
to the humiliating treaty of Caudium 321
RE16
T.Pontius
centurio sub Scipio Aemilianus
fl. 149-119
ab Trebula ?
 
  RE21
T.Pontius Pontius Telesinus     Pontius
Samnite commander 90 † 82 at Praeneste
† 82 in battle at Porta Collina
descended from RE4, ab Telesia
 
RE8 RE9? RE10? RE11 RE19 Nic287 RE20 Nic288 RE Tit 17
L.Pontius T.f. L.Pontius Pontius Aufidianus Pontius Lupus Q.Titinius Pontius
trib. Quirina friend of Cicero 51-50 eques Romanus eques Romanus juror 70
Pompeius Strabo's consilium 89 of Trebula exc. daughter for adultery lawyer ment 49
? = ment 88 (RE9) ? = RE8 etc related to P.Aufidius Pontianus blind but still active
? = ment 65 (RE10) who was from Amiternum adopt
   
RE1 RE17 RE18 RE22 Nic289  
Pontius L. Pontius Aquila (Pontius ?) Aquila Pontius Titianus  
Pompeian ment 44 by Cicero ab Sutrium primus pilus 43 joined Caesar 49
landowner at Puteoli tr pl 45 assassin of Caesar 44 sub L.Antonius (Aquila) ment 43?
leg of D.Iunius Brutus 44-43 follower of M.Antonius (Pontius)
† 43 killed in battle
a L.Pontius Aquila was pont
at Sutrium
REPUBLIC
IMPERIAL                                                                        
P810
L.Pontius P.f. Mela P.Pontius
trib Claudia ab Telesia
heir to C.Cestius (C686)  in Samnium
ante 12 BC
 
P266 P811 RE39 P815 RE43 Dem284 P813 RE41   P821 RE49
C.Petronius L.Pontius Ni[grinus] Pontius Pilatus C.Pontius C.f. Paelignus Pontia C.Pontius C.f. Rufus
(Umbrinus?) pr aerarii 20 praef Judaea 26-36 ab Brixia, tr mil leg X Gem, q,  early empire trib.Scaptia
cos suff 25 curator loc publ twice 15/20 tr mil, q, aed pl, 
aed cur, (pr), leg pro pr under a  ~ C.Minucius Q.f. Thermus period of TIBERIUS ?
adopt  procos twice, ~ Galeria L.f. G31
   
P812 RE40   P803 RE32 P800 RE Pontilius 2 P824 Dem176 P802 P789
C.Petronius Pontius Nigrinus Pontius Labeo Pontius Fregellanus L.Pontius L.f. Strabo Pontius Homullus Pontius
cos ord 37 expelled from senate 37 IIvir III, tr mil III, senator sent to Antiochia
? = C.Pontilius Fregellanus praef equit, praef classis in Syria by Caligula
cos suff an inc ante 71 (sub AUGSTUS?) after a earthquake
ab Luna
 
P804 RE33 P832 RE56 FOS643 RE58 P819 RE47 P793 RE24b
Pontius Laelianus (Petronia?) Pontia Pontia Postumia A.Pontius Quietus L.Pontius
legatee 108 66 killed her two sons and suicided murdered 58 by her lover trib.Tro., Xvir stlit iudic,  procos Cyprus c.76
dt of P.Petronius Niger cos 62 Octavius Sagitta tr pl 58 tr mil III Gal, VIvir
† 66 forced suicide equit Romanorum
~ Drymio sub VESPASIAN
   
P791   P799 RE30 P823 RE51 Pf118 P794 RE25
M.Pontius   C.Pontius Faustinus Granianus T.Pontius T.f. Sabinus L.Pontius Allifanus
pr sub TRAJAN ? trib Pal. IVvir quinq at Ferentinum friend of the younger
flamen + patronus of Ferentinum Pliny
? ~ Larcia Sabina FOS486 praef coh, tr mil VI Fer in Trajan's Parthian war,
domina figlinarum sub HADRIAN corona murali, centurio, primus pilus III Aug, 
or she could be his daughter praepos vexil to Brit c.122, tr coh vig, tr coh urb, 
tr coh praet, primus pilus coh praet, proc Narbo.
~ Valeria L.f. Procula, dt or sister of praef Aegypti 144-147
?
   
P806 RE35 P822 RE50   P817 RE45
M.Pontius M.f. Laelianus Larcius Sabinus         M. Pontius Sabinus Pontius Proculus
trib Pup., IIIIvir viarum curand, tr laticl leg VI Victrix 122 Thracia 145/153, cos suff 153 governor of province
q Narbo, ab actus senatus, tr pl cand, pr, curator Arausio 133/8, Moesia Sup 161 received rescript from
leg leg I Min in Ger Inf c.138-140, Pann Inf c.141-144, cos suff 145 ~ F[uri]a? T.f. Varanilla ANTONINUS PIUS
Pann Sup c.146-149 Syria 150-154, comes of VERUS in 
Parthian war 162-165, of VERUS/M.AURELIUS 166-167
in German war, then of M.AURELIUS alone 167-175
pont, sodalis Antonianus Verianus, fetialis
   
P805 RE34 P826 RE52
M. Pontius Laelianus  M.Pontius M.f. Varanus Sabinus
cos ord 163 trib. Pup., vir clar † s.p. c.180
leg Aug pro pr Moesia Inf 166/167 sevir turmae equitum, 
~ Pompeia Sosia Falconilla Xvir stlit iudic. tr leg III Aug, q, tr pl,
dt of Q.Pompeius Sosius Priscus cos ord 149 Xvvir sf post Xvirat
 
P798 RE29a RE Sos 6 P807 RE36 P814 RE42 P820 RE48
M.Sosius Laelianus Pontius Falco Pontius Lucrianus C.Pontius Paulinus Pontius Rabellianus
salius Pal coopt 170-171 (as Pontius Falco) adressee of rescript cos suff an inc. (193/211) vir clar
from SEPIMIUS SEVERUS patronus sacerdotii domus Augustae
c.180-184
 
P790 RE21a P792 RE24 P833 RE57 FOS644 P827 P828 P829 RE54 RE53
Pontius Pontius (Pontius Pontianus) Pontia Paulina L.Pontius Verus
leg of Numidia c.204-207 rescript from SEVERUS matron secular games 204 clar vir, procos Macedonia
cos desig or CARACALLA ~ (Fuficia Maxima) ~ ignotus senator patron of Canusium 223, consular
~ Claudia Proculina ? = P790 descendent of Q.Fuficius patronus sacerdotii domus Augustae c.180/184
Cornutus cos suff 147 ~ Manlia Pontia Luculla Africana M165
     
P825 RE51a P816 RE44 ? F496 RE Fu AE2007-1335 P795 RE26   P809 RE38 M281 AE1998-282
Pontius Surus Iunianus Ti. Pontius Pontianus   C. Pontius Pontianus Fuficius Maximus L.Pontius Bassus   L.Pontius Mauricus Pontius Fuscus Pontianus
accompanied father tr laticl II Adiutrix cos suff an inc. clar vir clar vir senator ment 227 at Lavinium
to Numidia cos suff c.213 leg Aug pro pr Moesia Inf 217 patron of Canusium 223 patron of Canusium 223,  curator rei publicum ? of Lavinium
leg pro pr Pann Inf  218-220 (as P.Fu[…] Pontianus F496) praetorius praetorius
  leg Aug pro pr Pontus-Bithyn 224/225 ~ Magia FOS516
  matrona senatoria 204
P797 RE28 Pf341 P818 RE46 J799
Pontius Eclectus Iulianus Pontius Proculus Pontianus Iunius Pontius Proculus
procur heredidatum cos ord 238 2nd/3rd century
procur Asia, procur ?, not the governor of Germ Sup 241/2,  called iunior
mag a studiis Aug c.235/260  see Eck related to P818
perfect vir, or brother of below
 
P796 RE29 PLRE Arch 5
M.Pontius M.f. Eclectus Archelaus
clar vir, trib. Palat
consularis
curator Carthago 250/273
or brother of above ?
P801
Pontius Gavius Maximus
promag XVsf 289
DATE UNKNOWN                                                                      
RE27 P830 cf RE55 P835 Fitz 526 Devijver P87
C.Pontius Crescens C.Pontius Victor Veranius Pontia Privata [?Po]ntius Antoninus
tr coh praet beginning  vir egreg, flamen perpetuus clar fem, possibly 4th century or Antius or Gentius
2nd century ~ […]tus or […]ius Marcellinus M186 praef coh, tr mil leg I Adiutrix in Pann
  ? = Antonius Marcellinus, cos suff mid 4th century tr mil leg II Adiutrix in Pann
P831 RE55 c.sub SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
C.Pontius [Ul?]pius Verus […]nianus Victor
ab Thamugadi, Africa
clar puer