@EmmaFaber @Holohoots @annakatarina I always understood that there were references in Roman history about Joshua Bar Joseph (Jesus) pertaining to his execution, but I may be wrong.
The stories of Jesus of the New Testament were not written until at least sixty years after his death and each gospel writer had a mindset for telling the stories. While there are some overlapping stories, some are only mentioned by one writer. Even the nativity story varies for allegorical reasons; Mark puts it into historical context, Matthew (a Jew) as a prophesy, and Luke (a Gentile) as universally acceptable. John prefers to talk about Logos and John the Baptist (being born/reborn).
Jesus as a person could be interpreted as a representation of an idea (Christianity) which starts from Judaism and moves its ideas in a new direction.