Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Emperor Theodosious

395 BCE

Emperor Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both halves of the Roman Empire.
- Made a deal with the Germans which made them give land and other recorces
-Percecuted pepole by trapping them in an arean and having soldirs kill them
- Banned all of the Pagan practices from the Olympics
-He wanted to rebuild the army in Thessalonica
-He wanted to make peace with the barbarians

Constantine the Great

336 BCE

Constatine the Great was a Roman emporor who ruled in between 336 and 337 AD. Thi emporor is the one who brought religous freedom to the Roman empire. Born in Nassius he was the son of a Roman officer and a Greek woman. Living most of his life a pagan, Constatine conerted to Christanity after he saw a vision of how he would win in the battle of Milvain bridge. After that he decided to introduce a law called the Edict of Milan which abolished the procecution of different religous practices.

Edict of Milan

313 BCE

The Edict of Milan was a document signed by Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius that abolished the torture of Christians.
-Licinius eventually turned on Constantine because he desired full control over the Roman Empire
-Constantine defeated Licinius in a battle, further proving that God was on his side
-After Constantine gained complete leadership, he built a new city in the east called Constantinople; it was filled with churches and dedicated to the Christian God

Battle of MIlivan Bridge

312 BCE

In the battle of Mllivan Bridge held the more important event, The Vision of Constetine. The night before the battle, Constetine had a vision in which he was told to put the holy symbole on the fronts of his mens shields. To depict the mark of Christ and his heavanly figure and then he will prospare in the battle the day after. He did this and the next day surely enough he was victorious.

The Great Persecution of 303

303 BCE

The Great Persecution was the one of last well known mass persecution of Christians. In 303, many different emperors issued the law that forced Christians to follow the regular religion. Christians had always been subject to discrimination in the Roman empire, but no previous emperors needed to put some laws against them

Great Fire of Rome

64 BCE

When the Emperor Nero set the merchants shops and Circus Maximus on fire the Roman people were enraged. They wanted to overthrow Nero and have him executed. His vision was to destroy Rome and rebuild it in his image. In a desprate meaning of escape Nero blamed the already hated Christan people, saying that they were the ones who set Rome on fire. This brought Christanity popularity down and a couple of the promonent leaders of Christanity in Rome were torutred into admitting it was them.

Roman rule of Isreal

63 BCE

In 27 BC, Israel was under Roman power because it fell unsteady and the empire then grew to be much larger and much better. Due to the Roman rule, this meant that Israel would be able to to move openly between many places such as Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Jesus of Nazareth

4 BCE

Jesus of Nazareth was a religious leader tat was revered in Christianity. He is one of the most well-known biblical figures mainly because his mother was supposedly a virgin. He is one of the most well known religous figure and is supposedly gods son. He was crucified to open a path for all spirits to rise into heaven no matter how many sins they had.

Paul of Tarsus

64

Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saint Paul, was an Apostle who taught the first century world the gospel of Christ. He is considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age.

Perpetua

203

Perpetua was a Christian woman who got arrested by and Emperor named Septimius for taking different classes preparing for baptism. Her father, went into the prison and asked her to revert back to her old religion, but Perpetua did not accept the offer. Because of this, Perpetua was put in front of lions and leopards in the arena, and was quickly killed.