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Tacitus on Christians
Tacitus, a Roman senator and historian, who held strong, anti-Christian views, nevertheless confirmed both Christ’s existence, His death under Pontius Pilate, and the unfair persecution and genocide of Christians in Rome at the behest of Nero, who used false charges to justify the killings. He wrote circa AD 116.
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