[Pollster1]

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.756193

I suspect you’re right. The version in Haaretz sounds much more Roman. Spell check is great . . . except when it’s not.

[Verginius Rufus]

From the Haaretz article it looks like his nomen or main family name was Paccius.

Clarence Carter had a hit song about Paccius in 1970.