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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Wait... so there is absolutely NO early Roman census data on him or his parents? No records of Herod or Pilate saying anything Jesus related, no criminal records about him being convicted and condemned? I'm legitimately asking this question too now.
gpt
There are not. He is (arguably) described by a few Roman historians born years after he died. Who, at best, are secondary sources. And that’s the best secular evidence we have of his existence.

On one hand, I think this gives some legitimacy to the fact that we can’t prove he existed. 

On the other hand, Jesus wasn’t a notable person until, you know, he became the center of a religion after his death. It isn’t exactly surprising that the records of some (at the time) nobody didn’t make it a couple decades to a century when people would’ve realized it’s important to preserve them.