Rise of Christianity in the roman empire

Great Persecution of 303 CE

303 BCE

The roman emperor Diocletian published "Edict Against Christians" this edict ordered that all Christian things be destroyed and stopped Christians from worshiping. This was the beginning of the Diocletian prosecution.

Jesus of Nazareth

6 BCE

Jesus of Nazareth was a religous leader. Many believed that he was the incarnation of God. He was the center of christianity. Jesus was exucuted by the roman empire. Jesus is important because he spread christainy

Paul of Tarsus

4 BCE

Paul is famous for spreading christanity with jesus. Paul walked thousands of miles spreading his religon. It was because of him that christanity is now a worldwide faith. Paul of Tursus wrote 13 out of the 27 books in the bible.

Roman Rule of Israel

1 CE

Christianity was spread through the roman empire by the followers of jesus. Peter and Paul ethablished a church in Rome. Almost all of the christian communitys were in the east. Christianity brought people of different religous backgrounds together. This is important because its the start of unity under god.

The great fire of Rome

64

The great fire of Rome under the rule of Nero. What started out as a small fire turned into an inferno that over six days destroyed 2/3rd of Rome. Some of the citizens believed that Nero himself was responsible for the fire as a way to get past the senate to be able to make Rome new again. When the fire was finally extinguished it had stopped at the christian community in the city. This lead people to believe that Christians started the fire, because of this Christians began to be prosecuted.

perpetua

203

Perpetua was a martyr for christanity. She inspired many people. She was put in jail because of her faith. She was begged by her family to stop being christian but she continuned anyway. Perpetua helped her exucutioner kill herself because she was that confident in her religon. This was important to the rise of christanity because it showed how strong the faith can be.

Constantine the Great

306

Constantine the great was an emporer of Rome. Constantine was the first roman emrperor to convert to christianity. He was known for Signing the Edict of milan which allowed christians to practice their religon peacefuly. Although christanity was not made legal technicaly, he still stopped their persicution.

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. The day before the battle Constantine and all of his troops looked to the sky and found a cross in the clouds and later that night a spirit told him that the symbol would make him victorious in tomorrows battle. So the next day all of the soldiers carved a cross into there sheilds. They won the battle.

The Edict of Milan

313

The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. This means that christians could practice their religon openly. Christians no longer had to worry about being treated unfair and persecuted. This Edict lead to Christianity being the main religon in Rome.

Emperor Theodosius

379

Theodosius I, also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman Emperor from AD 379 to AD 395, as the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire. He is known for Legalizing christianity. Constantine only stopped the presicution of christians.