Christianity regularly gets co-opted for purposes of nationalism, war, oppression, army-building & population growth, promoting anti-antisemitism and driving acceptance of kings and rulers and tax paying. What's almost sadder is that this is partly why the Roman government created the religion.

Absolutely. And I think we are all waiting for the scrolls of Herculaneum to be decoded using scanning techniques. That's going to be fascinating. I'm hoping for the lost first version of Jewish War.

Exactly so. In the pattern I found in the parallels between Luke and Jewish War - which when plotted form lines spelling the letters APTVS - there is reason to think that the P stands for Piso. I also found that one of the parallels most known for pointing to 'the Piso' also points to 'the Arrius'.

2. diversity of approaches is key in science. Finding the APTVS pattern, and riddles in parallels opens a new window, and insights. These show Jesus' parables relate to Titus (sometimes Vespasian). If they related to a cousin of Emperor Titus the one word you wouldn't use to refer to him is Titus!

I don't ignore aliases. E.g. I found that 'get thee behind me satan' is mirrored by Artorius in the flames on the roof of the temple. Artorius gives 'to' in greek, and arrius - the arrius. I often confirm your work. In my book I used the n/r switching too, and in my articles re shakespeare.

Yes - I was low on word count. But if this person was so important, foundation of the gospels etc, power behind throne - then there would be little harm in simply mentioning his name. We should expect it. But if this titus was Emperor titus, this explains it. He IS directly discussed (ad nausium).

So ok, we debate a) a nephew of Vespasian called Titus and Arrius Piso, vs b) a son of Vespasian called Titus and Arrius Piso. 1) why no direct record of the nephew if so important? 2) why would an emperor permit a religion dedicated to a potential rival? based on 1 & 2, (b) seems attractive vs (a)?

Thanks Roman. As you know I've used a different approach than your good self. I have tried to stick to evidence that the lay reader can understand and verify, and that's valuable. My evidence does point to someone called Titus - as indeed does yours, sort of, so I feel we have much to agree on.