Given my chosen field of study, namely “Christian Origins,” I am often asked by students and attendees at my lectures whether there are any reference to Jesus and the early “Christian” movement outsidethe New Testament. The following references, from a diverse collection of Roman writers around the time of the Emperor Trajan (98-117 CE), are … Continue reading The Christians as the Romans Saw Them: Superstituious, Obstinate, Depraved, and Foolish