Okay then.
Here's a statement from Tacticus himself, a Roman historian who very much disliked Christians, written in his book, 'Annals'. This was written during around 100 A.D.
"Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. 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..."