[Alter Kaker]

Only if you count Roman Records as part of the Bible.

Except you don't have the Roman records. You're just assuming that that's what Tacitus was quoting. All you have is the Bible.

[rollo tomasi]

As a careful historian I would presume Tacitus would consult Roman Archives to come to an historical conclusion, you wouldn't.

Rumors were labeled as rumors but Tacitus did not take this route with Christus. Too bad the the late 20's and 30's AD are lost. Might have had a more detailed account of Pilate's work.

If Christ was just an imaginary friend of Paul I am pretty sure he would not have labeled this Christus character as an actual historic figure. The idea was that Christianity was just a mix of different pagan folklore. Tacitus would have taken Christianity apart had not Jesus existed (Due to the rapid spread of Christianity at the time).

Let it also be known that Tacitus had a disdain of Christianity, yet believed Chritus existed, hmmm.