The accounts记述 · the ancient witnesses
Greek historians · 希腊史家
Josephus — Works (Antiquities · Wars · Apion · Life) （约瑟夫斯·著作（古史·战争·驳阿庇翁·自传））dated witness · 系年见证9 loci · attested
§ 2.277–305, 20.12–12
Roman historians · 罗马史家
Suetonius — Lives of the Caesars （苏维托尼乌斯·罗马十二帝王传）primary source · 源典
Life of Nero 16 — 'afflicti suppliciis Christiani' among the reforms of Nero's early rule《尼禄传》16——在尼禄早期新政之列记有对基督徒处刑
Tacitus — Annals & Histories （塔西佗·编年史与历史）primary source · 源典
Annals 15.44 — the scapegoating after the fire; the earliest pagan narrative of the punishment of Christians at Rome《编年史》15.44——火后归罪；最早记述罗马惩治基督徒的异教叙事
Provenance: “primary source” = curated canonical witness (editorial); “dated witness” = derived from the ToposText date index by year-span, with the matched loci count. Sparse counts may include incidental mentions.出处：「源典」为校订之正典见证（编辑判断）；「系年见证」由 ToposText 系年索引按年代跨度推得，附匹配条目数；稀少者或含偶涉。
On the timeline时间轴上
→ See this and all 18 historians on the chronology spine于编年脊柱上一览本事件与全部 18 位史家