"Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judaea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome..." Roman Historian and Senator Tactitus Annals 115 AD An ancient Non-Christian account of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. jesus-institute.org/life-of-jesus-ancient/jesus-tacitus.shtml
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