>>141621962) Tacitus (56AD-120AD) wrote of 'Christus who was put to death by Pontius Pilate'. Tacitus is the primary Roman Historian who is accepted by all scholars and historians as canon. His "Annals" are where historians receive most of their knowledge about the Roman Emperors. His passage about Christus, Christus' followers, and Christus' death at the hands of Pontius Pilate is called the 'Golden Paragraph' as it is not under any debate.
Atheist propaganda: But Tacitus wrote hundreds of years later.
Point: Tacitus wrote the Golden Paragraph probably within 60 years of Jesus' crucifixion, as all of his 30 volumes of Roman history were completed by 109AD.
3) Seutonius (69AD-122AD)Seutonius wrote of Christus and his execution under Pontius Pilate. Seutonius was a Roman secretary under Emporers Trajan and Hadrian. He was a prolific writer and historian of the Roman government. His descriptions of Chrestus and Chrestus' followers are among his 12 biographies of the Roman Emporers. Scholars use Seutonius' texts as a primary source to confirm Tacitus. Probably written about 119AD, within 70 years of the crucifixion.
Argument: It is sometimes argued that 'Chrestus' (Greek spelling used by Seutonius) is a proper Greek name that could refer to any of many 'Chrestuses'.
Point: Only one person of that name was crucified by Pontius Pilate and -grew a large following that gave Roman Emperors enough trouble to continually write about-.
4) Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea under Emperor Tiberius 36AD-46AD. He left one inscribed plaque and his likeness on Judea's money, and was written about by contemporary historians, so he was very much known to be a historical figure. He is the best attested governor of Judea for the fallout of his crucifixion of Christos as it impacted Rome. As confirmation, Philo of Alexandria wrote of the tensions between Pilate and his governance of the Jews.
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