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Writing circa 120, Suetonius made one statement that may refer to "Christ":
"As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he [ Claudius ] expelled them from Rome."
"Chrestus," as Suetonius spells it, is the correct Latin form of a true Greek name. It is thus noteworthy that Suetonius spelled "Christian" correctly. The interpretations are endless and the consensus seems to be that the issue is open.
Suetonius was writing later than
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