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Period: 60 to 68
Nero
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64
Great fire of Rome
Great fire of Rome -
Period: 69 to 79
Vespasian
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70
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
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Period: 81 to 96
Persecution under domitian
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88
St. Clement 1 is pope
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Period: 98 to 117
Trajan
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110
St. Ignatius of Antioch is martyred
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112
Trajan's Rescript in response to Pliny
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115
St. Sixtus I is Pope died
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Period: 117 to 138
Hadrian
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123
Hadrian's Rescript
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125
St. Telesphorus is Pope; martyred in 136; He composed the Gioria in Excelsis Doo
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Period: 138 to 161
Antoninus pius
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150
St. Justin Martyr dedicates his first apology
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155
St. Polycarp martyred
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161
St. Justin Martyr dedicates His second apology
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Period: 161 to 180
Marcus Aurelius
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180
St. Irenæus writes Against Heresies
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Period: 193 to 211
Sept. Severus
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196
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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Period: 249 to 251
Decius
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250
Edict of Decius (emp. 249-251) orders empire-wide persecution of Christians
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Period: 253 to 260
Valerian
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257
Valerian (emp. 253-260) Rescripts in 257 and 258
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Period: 284 to 305
Diocletian
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293
Diocletian creates, the Tetrarchy
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303
"Great Persecution" begins under Diocletian
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312
Constantine adopts Christian symbol before battle
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313
Edict of Milan
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410
Visigoths sack Rome under king Alaric
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418
Franks take gual
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430
St Augustine dies
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431
Council of Ephesus - third Ecumenical - defined Mary to be the Mother of God
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445
Emp. Valentinian III acknowledges papal supremacy
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451
Council of Chalcedon; - fourth Ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one Person
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452
St. Leo I (the Great) meets Attila the Hun
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476
End of Roman Empire, last western emperor is Romulus Augustulus
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483
Theodoric the Ostrogot becomes king of Italy
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528
St. Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino
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553
Second Council of Constantinople - fifth Ecumenical - called by Emperor Justinian
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570
Muhammad born at or near Mecca
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599
St. Gregory, 590-604
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671
Muhammad has vision of archangel Gabriel