If "Muddying the waters" is the goal of some, it is not my goal, but rather my goal is to clarify, make known the truth, present documented evidence (and I have much more for the Christians from the time of the Apostles onward throughout history). I also have documentation on the Romans if you need that.
As for instance:
The Roman Historical record of their dealings with Jews:
http://thesourcehh.org/sabbath.htm#books
http://www.academia.edu/4686453/SABBATH_IN_THE_EAST
Romans:
S. Julii Frontini (c. AD 40 - AD 103), written in C. AD. 84, see -
https://archive.org/details/libriquatuorstra00fronuoft
Libri Quator; Strategematicon; cum notis integris; Francisci Modii, Godescalci Stewechii, Petri Scriverii, & Samuelis Tennulii. His accedunt, cum P. Scriverii, tum aliorum Doctorum ineditae observationes. Curante Francisco Oudendorpio, Qui & suas adnotationes, variasque MStorum lectiones adjecit. Editio Altera, multo auctior & emendatior. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Sam. et Joann. Luchtmans, MDCCLXXIX [1779].
"XVII. Divus Augustus Vespasianus Judaeos 54 Saturni die, quo 55 eis nefas est quidquam seriae rei agere, adortus superavit. ...
...54 Saturni die] Sic & Pompejus Hierosolyma expugnavit, quia Judaei nolebant se defendere Sabbato, Dione teste in pompejo. Sabbatum quia praecipua caeremonia colebant, etiam jejunio sacrasse [ut ait Justinus 1 [Page 178-179] XXXVI. C. 2.). ..." Page 178-179 -
https://archive.org/stream/libriquat...e/178/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/libriquat...e/179/mode/1up
A Google Translated rendition:
""17. Augustus, Vespasian,
the Jews on the day of Saturn, 54, 55 in which
it is illegal for them to do anything serious matter, attacked them, and overcame them. ...
... Saturday, 54] Thus Pompey captured Jerusalem, because
the Jews refused to defend himself on a Saturday, a witness in the Dio Pompejo.
Sabbath worship ceremony for the chief, even fasting sacrasse [as the Justin 1 [Pages 178-179] 36. C. 2). ... ""
Cassius Dio (AD 155 – AD 235)
Dio's Roman History III
Dio's Roman History with an English Translation by Earnest Cary, Ph.D. on the basis of the version of Herbert Baldwin Foster, Ph.D. In Nine Volumes, III; London: William Heinemann; New York: The Macmillan CO. MCMXIV [1914].
Battle of c. 63 BC
"...
[Page 142-144; Internally Page 125-127] Most of the city, to be sure, he took without any trouble, as he was received by the party of Hyrcanus; but the temple itself, which the other party had occupied, he captured only with difficulty. For it was on high ground and was fortified by a wall of its own, and if they had continued defending it on all days alike, he could not have got possession of it. As it was,
they made an exception of what are called the days of Saturn, and by doing [Page 142-144; Internally Page 125-127; Greek text is inbetween; Page 126] no work at all on those days afforded the Romans an opportunity in this interval to batter down the wall. The latter, on learning of this superstitious awe of theirs, made no serious attempts the rest of the time, but on those days, when they came round in succession, assaulted most vigorously. Thus the defenders were captured on the day of Saturn, without making any defence, and all the wealth was plundered. The kingdom was given to Hyrcanus, and Aristobulus was carried away.
This was the course of events at that time in Palestine; for this is the name that has been given from of old to the whole country extending from Phoenicia to Egypt along the inner sea. They have also another name that they have acquired:
the country has been named Judaea, and the people themselves Jews. I do not know how this title came to be given them, but it applies also to all the rest of mankind, although of alien race, who affect their customs.
This class exists even among the Romans, and though often repressed has increased to a very great extent and has won its way to the right of freedom in its observances. They are distinguished from the rest of mankind in practically every detail of life, and especially by the fact that they do not honour any of the usual gods, but show extreme reverence for one particular divinity. They never had any statue of him even in Jerusalem itself, but believing him to be unnamable and invisible, they worship him in the most extravagant fashion on earth. They built to him a temple
[Page 143-145; Internally Page 127-129; Greek text on Page 128] that was extremely large and beautiful, except in so far as it was open and roofless, 1 and
likewise dedicated to him the day called the day of Saturn, on which, among many other most peculiar observances, they undertake no serious occupation. ..."
[Pages 142-145; Internally Pages 125-129; Greek text is inbetween; Page 126,128] -
https://archive.org/stream/L053Cassi.../n141/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/L053Cassi.../n143/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/L053Cassi...y+of+Saturn%22
Dio's Roman History V
Dio's Roman History with an English Translation by Earnest Cary, Ph.D. on the basis of the version of Herbert Baldwin Foster, Ph.D. In Nine Volumes, V; London: William Heinemann LTD; Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press. MCMLV [1955].
Battle of c. 36 BC
"...
[Page 398; Internally Page 387]The Jews, indeed, had done much injury to the Romans, for the race is very bitter when aroused to anger, but they suffered far more themselves. The first of them to be captured were those who were fighting for the precinct of their god, and
then the rest on the day even then called the day of Saturn.1 And so excessive were they in their devotion to religion that the first set of prisoners, those who had been captured along with the temple, obtained leave from Sosius, when
the day of Saturn came round again, and went up into the temple and there performed all the customary rites, together with the rest of the people. These people Antony entrusted to a certain Herod to govern ..."
[Page 398; Internally Page 387] -
https://archive.org/stream/L082Cassi.../n398/mode/1up
Dio's Roman History VIII
Dio's Roman History with an English Translation by Earnest Cary, Ph.D. on the basis of the version of Herbert Baldwin Foster, Ph.D. In Nine Volumes, VIII; London: William Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. MCMXXV [1925].
Destruction of Jerusalem; AD 70. [even up to the time of Cassius Dio]
"...
[Page 281; Internally 271] Thus was
Jerusalem destroyed on the very day of Saturn, the day which even now the Jews reverence most. From that time forth it was ordered that the Jews who continued to observe their ancestral customs should pay and annual tribute of two denarii
to Jupiter Capitolinus. ..."
[Page 281; Internally Page 271] -
https://archive.org/stream/L176Cassi.../n280/mode/1up