(March 1, 2015 at 1:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:You got Tacitus relaying Christus the founder of the Chrsitian faith being crucified by Pontius Pilate, "great multitides" being convicted of being Christian and murdered for not relinquishing their faith. Opponents of Christianity, not denying Christ or his miracles, but rather attributing them to the works of demons, or magic tricks.
Tacitus wrote "Chrestianos," dummy, if he wrote anything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_...of_MII.png
This change to "christianos" was made by an unknown 11th century scribe who probably thought he was improving the spelling.
Try again.
Are you trying to make an argument with that? What is the affect of this supposed argument?