Ancient manuscripts, called Annals which explain the events during the Roman Empire may contain 'historical evidence' about Jesus Christ.
These manuscripts written by Roman historian Tacitus around 91AD, begin with the description of Emperor Augustus in 14AD and finish with Nero's suicide 54 years later. Book 15 of the manuscript has a discussion by the writer, where he discusses the Great Fire of Rome in 54AD which the emperor blamed on a class "called Christians."
The second sentence in the discussion reads: "Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus." Here, Christus, the Latin version of Christ, means 'the Anointed One' or 'the Messiah' and comes from the Hebrew word Mashiach (messiah).
The Pointus Pilatus mentioned in this manuscript is also mentioned in the Bible's New Testament as the Roman governor of Judea who sentenced Jesus Christ to death by crucifixion.
Additionally, Tacitus mentions the persecution of Christians who were spreading from Rome to Judea, writing, "an arrest was made of all who pleaded guilty to being Christian." "Covered with the skins of wild beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired," he added in the passage.

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While the Annals have been known for a long time, the details in them reached online recently and have been appreciated by the followers of the religion. Tacitus, whose full name was Publius Cornelius Tacitus lived from around 56AD to 120AD and was considered one of the most important Roman historians. To compile the Annals, he relied upon official records, Senate proceedings and first-hand accounts.
As per the Bible, a child named Jesus was born in a town near the Roman Empire about 2,021 years ago and was killed 33 years later. The holy book of Christians also states that Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper and presented in front of Annas, the former high priest. He was ten tried by the then high priest Caiaphas in front of the Jewish supreme governing council and court where he was condemned for blasphemy. However, these authorities did not have the power to declare a death sentence, so he was taken to Pilate who initially thought Jesus did not deserve death.
Luke 23:16-24 states that Pilate said "Nothing this man has done to deserve death. So I will have him whipped and let him go." However, when the crowd chanted "kill him," he shouted three times that Jesus had not committed a crime and then passed the sentence to crucify him.
Tacitus has mentioned some of these details in the Annals as well but they focus more on the events that followed with Christianity spread in Rome.