# Pontifex Maximus — Leviathan character guide

> Pontifex Maximus in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Pontifex Maximus

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Title for the chief priest of ancient Rome, later used by the Pope.

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