Before revision: Gaius Pontius may be an ancestor of Pontius Pilate, the Roman Prefect of the province of Judaea and judge at the trial of Jesus, thus being the ancestor of the Gens Pontia, who also gave Roman consuls Marcus Pontius Sabinus, Marcus Pontius Laelianus and ... Pontius Proculus Pontianus.
After revision: Gaius Pontius may be an ancestor of Pontius Pilate, the Roman Prefect of the province of Judaea and judge at the trial of Jesus, thus being the ancestor of the Gens Pontia, who also gave Roman consuls Marcus Pontius Sabinus, Marcus Pontius Laelianus and Pontius Proculus Pontianus.