Here.
http://carrington-arts.com/cliff/Nero.htm
Not a single ancient author, xtian or pagan, knows anything about this passage in Tacitus. A hint of it appears in the 5th century Chronicles of Sulpicius Severus, without the Pilate and Christus stuff. Oh, and Severus does not cite Tacitus as a source.
We have ultraviolet evidence that the word "christianos" was altered from "chrestianos" in the only extant manuscript.
The whole thing appears to be a much later forgery. And xtians forged lots of stuff because they were embarrassed that their godboy was so conspicuously absent from the historical record.
Perhaps you should go to the library and read Carrier's book. I think you need it.
http://carrington-arts.com/cliff/Nero.htm
Not a single ancient author, xtian or pagan, knows anything about this passage in Tacitus. A hint of it appears in the 5th century Chronicles of Sulpicius Severus, without the Pilate and Christus stuff. Oh, and Severus does not cite Tacitus as a source.
We have ultraviolet evidence that the word "christianos" was altered from "chrestianos" in the only extant manuscript.
The whole thing appears to be a much later forgery. And xtians forged lots of stuff because they were embarrassed that their godboy was so conspicuously absent from the historical record.
Perhaps you should go to the library and read Carrier's book. I think you need it.
