Tacitus writes: “Christus, from whom their name is derived, was executed at the hands of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius. ” ​ — Annals, XV, 44.
फ्लेवियस जोसिफस या यहुदी इतिहासकाराने देखील येशूचा उल्लेख केला.