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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, it's rather that the legends around Jesus and some roman heroes both were mostly taken from earlier greek gods such as Dionysius.

The Jesus Mysteries by Peter Gandy is good on this.

Also Jesus is actually the same name as Joshua in the old testament but in a Greek accent so not derived from Julius (which is derived from the Roman Troy refugee origin myth).