The Bible records the life, teachings, crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus, empowering Him as the Son of God and Savior of mankind.
Now a contemporaneous document written by a Roman historian has been revealed to be confirming a part of those beliefs.
A report at the Daily Mail explains the writings, called the Annals, were written by Roman historian Tacitus, also known as Publius Cornelius Tacitus, who lived from around 56 AD to 120 AD and was widely regarded to have been among the most important Roman historians.
His writings, done only some 90 years after Jesus’ life on earth, starts with the death of Emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finishes with Nero’s suicide 54 years later, the report.
“In Book 15, the historian discusses the Great Fire of Rome in 54 AD, shortly before Nero’s death, which the emperor blamed on a class ‘called Christians,'” the report said. […]
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