According to The Anchor Bible Dictionary, the dossier of secular historical references to him is “larger and more detailed than that of any other Roman governor of Judea. ”
तसंच रोमी सम्राटांचा इतिहास लिहिणारा लेखक टॅसिटस यानंदेखील पिलाताचा उल्लेख केला.