For two thousand years Pilate is a figure of intersection between memory and history, as Romulus or Joan of Arc. With the same endearing and divulgative ability demonstrated in Spartacus, Aldo Schiavone builds here a masterly portrait of the prefect of Judea, retracing the events that led to the death of Jesus, the culmination of the Christian narration and a link between evangelical memory and imperial history. With a passionate and rigorous style, Schiavone gives us a rare book that, without any theological or political intent, try to solve a puzzle, describing what might have happened.