Quote:The story would have us believe that both Herod Antipas (who was an historic figure) and Pilate the Prefect (who probably was as well) were involved,
Antipas and Pilate were both historical (both are mentioned by contemporary historians ) . So was Maximillian Robespierre but even though he was running the terror in reolutionary France he did not kill Sydney Carton as Mr. Carton was a fictional character invented by Charles Dickens in 1859. Jesus was fictional, too.