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
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles and is thus also known as the Apost
Jesus Washing Peter's Feet, painting by Ford Madox Brown (1852–1856), Tate Britain, London
The Crucifixion, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1745–1750, Saint Louis Art Museum
James the Just, whose judgement was adopted in the apostolic decree of Acts 15:19–29, as depicted in a Neo-Byzantine icon.
Saint Paul, by El Greco