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Period: 60 to 68
Nero
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64
Great fire of Rome; Nero launches persecutions of Christians
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Period: 69 to 79
Vespasian
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70
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
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81
Persecution under Domitian 81-96
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Period: 81 to 96
Domitian
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88
St Clement 1 is Pope
restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the Right of St Peter; martyred in 97 -
Period: 98 to 117
Trajan
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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 1 is pope; died in 125