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60
Great fire of Rome; Nero launches persecutions of Christian’s
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70
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
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81
Persecution under Domitian
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88
St. Clement I is Pope; restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter; martyred in 97
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110
St. Ignatius of Antioch martyred
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111
Trajan's Rescript in response to Pliny
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115
St. Sixtus I is Pope; died in 125
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123
Hadrian's Rescript
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125
St. Telesphorus is Pope; martyred in 136; He composed the Gloria in Excelsis Deo
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153
St. Polycarp martyred
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162
St. Justin Martyr dedicates his Second Apology
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180
St. Irenæus wntes Against Heresies
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193
Tertullian begins writing
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203
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are martyred in the arena at Carthage
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215
Origen (ca. 185-254) begins writing
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215
Origen (ca. 185-254) begins writing
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250
Edict of Decius (emp. 249-251) orders empire-wide persecution of Christians
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258
Valerian (emp. 253-260) Rescripts in 257 and 258
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284
Diocletian creates the Tetrarchy
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304
"Great Persecution" begins under Diocletian
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311
Constantine adopts Christian symbol before battie
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313
Edict of Milan