The last piece of questionable historical evidence we'll discuss here is the passage in Suetonius's Life of Claudius, dating around 110 CE. There is a reference in this work to a figure named "Chresto" who caused the Jews to riot in Rome. First of all, if Jesus Christ did exist, it is not possible that he would have been in Rome at this time. Claudius reigned from 41-54 CE, this is at the time of Christ's alleged crucifixion.
On 12/25/2017 10:28 PM, Michalis Kargakis wrote:
Christ was crucified when he was 33 years old, ie. 33 CE. After they thought he died, he actually came back so I don't know what this piece is trying to debunk.
Irrespective of whether Jesus did in fact show up after his death, he is reported as showing up after his death, thus it is likely that his followers believed that he had shown up, and this likely caused problems for the Romans, causing Roman historians unaware that he had been crucified to also believe that he had indeed shown up.