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27 BCE
Roman Rule in Israel
- Roman and Jewish cultures began to overlap just before the Christian era
- Had many discourses over land before
- Jewish mainly stayed in Israel
- Allowed stories of Jesus's miracles to start moving up into the empire
- Jerusalem was eventually destroyed by Romans
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36
Jesus of Nazareth
-The center of Christianity
-Was originally Jewish
-May have not been born in December
-Crucified on the Cross
-Created Christianity -
64
Great Fire of Rome
- Believed to be started by Nero
- Nero blamed the Christian Population
- It started the first great prosecution sponsored by the empire
- It burnt about 60 percent of the city
- It lasted 6 Days
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64
Paul of Tarsus
- Was an apostle
- Helped establish multiple Christian churches throughout the Roman empire
- originally was dedicated to persecuting Christian
- Jesus appeared to him during his 3-day resurrection
- About 1/2 of the book of Acts deals with Paul's life
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203
Perpetua
- Perpetua was a Christian woman living in the Roman province of Africa
- Her father wanted her to change her beliefs so she wouldn't die
- She and her child were killed
- She wasn't afraid of death
- She inspired the Christian Community in Rome
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303
Persecution of 303
- Started after the Great Fire of Rome
- Suppresed Christians to secrecy
- Many Christians were killed
- Many moved to Safety
- It was thought they brought danger to rome
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312
Constantine the Great
- Saw Jesus in his dreams
- Put the Greek letters Chi Rho on his soldiers shields -Had an overwhelming victory at the battle of Milivian Bridge -Signed the Edict of Milan
- Soldiers claim that Constantine saw a beam of light coming from the clouds
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312
Battle of Milvian Bridge
- It was part of a roman civil war
- It took place in Ponte Milvio
- Maxentius versus Constantine
- Constantinian soldiers had the mark of christ on their shields
- Gave the idea to Constantine that Christianity wasn't all bad.
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313
Edict of Milan
- Stopped unfair persecution of Christians
- Signed by Lucius and Constantine
- Was the first real document preaching tolerance
- Christianity still was not part of the state church
- Help normalize Christianity
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395
Theodosius
- Made Christianity the state church of the empire
- Campaigned against the Goths (Germanic Tribes)
- Turned away from Roman traditions
- He allowed hellenistic temples to still exist
- Caused the Roman empire to be divided when he died, as the land was split to his two sons
