Steve Shaw says: Roman writers studiously ignored a man who was leading an insurrection and who was very publicly tortured and executed.

Such insurrectionists were a dime a dozen at the time, Steve. At times, the roads to towns in Palestine were lined with crucifixes bearing the bodies of crucified insurrectionists. Jesus was one of many. Trying to prove or disprove the existence of Jesus is futile. There were lots of Jewish insurrectionists who suffered undocumented crucifixions. Jesus was important only to those who loved him and followed him.

-Joe-