The historical man who is most readily connected to the stories of Jesus in the bible is called

Simon bar Kokhba

As all you rebellious plebs probably secretly suspected, he was one of the most successful populist leaders around that time who kicked off some very troublesome attacks by the early christians.

To me, jesus was all about the whipping of the money changers who were abusing the faithful, the illegitimacy of the government - render unto caesar, and the "bring a sword" - ie, defend yourself. Like saying to day, "don't bring a knife to a gun fight".