Tacitus, born about 55 C.E., wrote that “Christus, from whom the name [Christians] had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus. ”
इनमें से एक किताब टैसीटस नाम के इतिहासकार ने लिखी थी, जिसका जन्म ईसवी सन्‌ 55 में हुआ था ।