Tacitus on Jesus
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Roman historian and politician Tacitus referred to Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals, book 15, chapter 44. The context of
The Fire of Rome, 1861 work by Karl von Piloty. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire.
Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1876)
Part of the page from the 11th century codex containing Annales, xv. 44.3–8, the passage with the reference to Christians (Florence, Laurentian Library, Plut. 68.2, f. 38r)
The Pilate Stone, now at the Israel Museum
Josephus on Jesus
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Flavius Josephus was a first-century Jewish historian, general of Galilee during the First Jewish–Roman War, and relative of the high priestly families of the Second Temple who provided external infor
Tacitus on Jesus
…in Rome and its origin in Roman Judaea. Tacitus is one of the non-Christian writers of the time who mentioned Jesus and early Christianity along with Flavius Josephus, Pliny the Younger, and Suetonius. The Annals passage (15.44), which has been subjected to much scholarly analysis, follows a description of the six-day…
A 1466 edition of Antiquities of the Jews
A 1640 edition of the Works of Josephus
The Complete Works of Josephus, 1582
Eusebius