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Originally Posted by markg

There is a picture of the poster in Dr Paul L Maier (University of Western Michigan) book in the fullness of time.

Further references include Peter Matthew Mark John whose books were written within there lifetimes and the lifetimes of Jesus.

And this from wikipedia

JosephusMain article: Josephus on Jesus
Flavius Josephus (c. 37–c. 100), a Jew and Roman citizen who worked under the patronage of the Flavians, wrote the Antiquities of the Jews in 93 CE. In these works, Jesus is mentioned twice, though scholars debate their authenticity. The one directly concerning Jesus has come to be known as the Testimonium Flavianum.

In the first passage, called the Testimonium Flavianum, it is written:

About this time came Jesus, a wise man, if indeed it is appropriate to call him a man. For he was a performer of paradoxical feats, a teacher of people who accept the unusual with pleasure, and he won over many of the Jews and also many Greeks. He was the Christ. When Pilate, upon the accusation of the first men amongst us, condemned him to be crucified, those who had formerly loved him did not cease to follow him, for he appeared to them on the third day, living again, as the divine prophets foretold, along with a myriad of other marvellous things concerning him. And the tribe of the Christians, so named after him, has not disappeared to this day.[71]

Is that what you were looking for?

All written 30 to 50 years after his death. There is absolutely no text written about him during the time he was alive. Strange seeing as how the romans were great record keepers.