“Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire”

Jesus Of Nazareth

30

Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. He grew up in Jaded while there was it was collapsing. Christians believe that he is the incarnation of God. Through his death and resurrection humans can be reconciled to God and promised eternal life and offered salvation. His goal was for everlasting life to spread around the world.

The great Fire of Rome

64

The fire began in the circus maximums and lasted six days before the fire was under control. The fire had burned down 2/3 of Rome. Nero used the Christians as a scapegoat for the event and then the first persecution of the Christians.

Paul the Apostle

64

Paul was one of the first followers of Jesus and wrote in the old testament. He dedicated his life to following Jesus and spreading the word of Jesus. For his hard work and efforts they have a feasted named after him, the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle and it is a feast for when you convert to Christianity and/or become a saint.

Perpetua

203

Perpetua wrote the Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal. In the journal it talked about her time in prison and how she died in the arena. After she died she was martyred. He journal is one of the few surviving document write by a woman from this time period.

Great Persecution

303

Emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius where the empires that order the persecution. They order the persecution because the Christian were not worshiping the Emperors as gods. Also they did not give sacrifices to the gods and only believed in one god. There were 3,000-3,500 Christians killed and this was the last big persecution.

Constantine the Great

312

In 312 Constantine fought in Milvian bridge and before the battle he order the initials of Jesus to be painted on the shield and he won the battle and then after that he converted to Christianity. In 313 he made the Edict of Milan.

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

Roman Emperors Constantine and Maxentius on 28 October 312. Constantine won the battle and became the only ruler of Rome. Constantine believed because he painted the initials of Jesus on is solders shields that he won. Constantine won it lead to the start of Christianity being public worshiped.

Edict of Milan

313

This was letter signed to stop persecuting Christians and allowed other religions to worship in public. Because of this it let the first Christina church be built in Rome. The emperors at the time where Constantine and Licinius.

Roman Rule of Israel

313

When the Romans claim power in the region, they granted the Hasmonean king, Hyrcanus II, limited authority under the Roman governor of Damascus. The Jews were hostile to the new deal, and the following years witnessed frequent insurrections. A last attempt to restore the former glory of the Hasmonean dynasty was made by Mattathias Antigonus, whose defeat and death brought Hasmonean rule to an end (40 BCE), and the Land became a province of the Roman Empire.

Emperor Theodosius

379

Emperor Theodosius was the last empire to rule of the eastern and western half of Rome. He made the Goths and barbarians who invaded the empire allies. He made Nicene Christianity the official state church of the Roman Empire. Theodosius died of natural causes which is rare because most emperors got assassinated.