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Period: 500 BCE to 500 BCE
History of christianity
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313 BCE
Theodosius’ Reign
the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which granted Christianity—as well as most other religions—legal status. ... In 380 CE, the emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which made Christianity, specifically Nicene Christianity, the official religion of the Roman Empire. -
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Travels of Paul
Saw was a Roman that persecuted many jews, and hated Jesus. But one day Jesus came to Saw and blinded him for several days. After being temporarily blinded, Saw had no choice but to believe that Jesus was the Messiah, so he changed his name to Paul to represent his new self; who now spread the gospel to all. -
64
The Great Fire of Rome
On the night of July 19, 64 A.D., a fire broke out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome’s mammoth chariot stadium. in 64 A.D., many Roman Christians believed in prophecies predicting that Rome would soon be destroyed by fire. -
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Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. The letter was issued in February, 313 AD and stopped the persecution of Christians. -
324
The Battle of the Melvin Bridge
The battle fought at Milvian Bridge outside Rome was a crucial moment in a civil war that ended with Constantine I as sole ruler of the Roman Empire and Christianity established as the empire’s official religion.the night before the battle, it is said that Constantine had a dream: he saw the sun—the object of his own worship—overlain by the figure of a cross. Then they marched the war as Christian soldiers.