Tacitus on Jesus
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title:
Tacitus on Jesus
text:
The Roman historian and senator 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 passage is the six-day Great Fire of Rome that burned much of the city in AD 64 during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero. The passage is one of the earliest non-Christian references to the origins of Christianity, the execution of Christ described in the canonical gospels, and the presence and pe
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References by Roman historian and senator Tacitus to Christ
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_Jesus
date created:
2001-10-03T15:48:48Z
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2024-09-08T12:33:12Z
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