The Roman historian Suetonius (c. AD 69 – c. AD 122) mentions early Christians and may refer to Jesus Christ in his work Lives of the Twelve Caesars. [1][2][3] One passage in the biography …

2017年2月19日 · One author suggested that the reference was to Jesus Himself – still alive, and visiting Rome in the 40s AD! Mason [Maso.JosNT, 166] believes that the reference is to Jesus, …

2017年2月20日 · One of the earliest and most informative references to Jesus in a non-Christian source appears in the Annals of Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian writing about AD 115 …

The reference to an expulsion of Jews from the city of Rome is intriguing, as there is no other specific evidence for this event outside of Suetonius. The "goading of Chrestus" is taken by …

The main difference is that Tacitus was clearly talking about Jesus in the context, while Suetonius does not provide any context to his statement. The other difficulty with the idea that Suetonius …

"Because the Jews at Rome caused constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus [Christ], he [Claudius] expelled them from the city [Rome]."

Information on Suetonius. In The Life of Claudius 25.4, we find the statement, "As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome." …

In his biography of Emperor Nero (ruled 54–68 AD), Suetonius tells us how the Emperor dealt with the early followers of Jesus. In Nero 16, Suetonius details some of the laws that Nero put in...

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillua was a Roman historian (AD 117-138) under Hadrian (AD 76-136). He was also the secretary of Emperor Hadrian and authored a book entitled Life of Claudius. …

2022年11月17日 · The Roman historian Suetonius (c. AD 69 – c. AD 122) mentions early Christians and may refer to Jesus Christ in his work Lives of the Twelve Caesars. One …