Ancient Roman records offer fresh evidence Jesus was a real person

"[…] The records come from Tacitus, one of Rome's most respected historians, and Flavius Josephus, a Jewish aristocrat and historian who lived just decades after Jesus' death.

Neither man was a Christian, and neither was trying to prove the claims of the New Testament […] One of the most important comes from Tacitus, a Roman senator, historian and one of the ancient world's most respected chroniclers.

Writing around 116 AD in his work Annals, Tacitus described Emperor Nero's efforts to blame Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD.

According to Tacitus, Nero targeted a group known as Christians, whose name came from a man called Christus [….] Taken together, the writings of Tacitus and Josephus support several key details about Jesus' life.

They indicate that he existed as a real person, was known by the name Jesus, gathered followers in Judea and was executed under Pontius Pilate.

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