Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

  • 40 BCE

    Roman Rule of Israel

    Roman Rule of Israel
    The Romans started the rule of Isreal in around 40BCE.
  • 4 BCE

    Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth
    He was the Lord and Savory of the Christians.
  • 64

    Great Fire of Rome

    Great Fire of Rome
    It was a fire that swept through Rome for 6 days and destroyed 65% of the city. It was first blamed on Nero but then he blamed it of the Christians. There was an area of the city that was unaffected and that's where a lot of the Christians lived.
  • 67

    Paul of Tarsus

    Paul of Tarsus
    He was an apostle. He taghut about the gospel to people in the Roman Empire. He wrote the Pauline epistles, Letters of Paul, Hebrews and the Book of Psalms, and the Severe Letter. he also founded the Church of Greece, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.
  • 203

    Perpetua

    Perpetua
    Vibia Perpetua was around 22 years old when she died. She was nursing her infant when she and Felicity, who was a pregnant slave at the time were imprisoned. Then they died in Carthage.
  • 303

    Great Persecution

    Great Persecution
    Christians where Persecuted over a long period of time. They were burned, put in glatoral games with no training and just feed to animals. But later they were raised above the non-Christian people.
  • 306

    Constantine the Great

    Constantine the Great
    Constantine the Great had a vision and a dream of the Christan God who told him to use the Christian symbol in battle. When he won The battle he started to worship the Christian God and stopped the Persecution of Christians.
  • 312

    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 312 CE.
  • 313

    Edict of Milan

    Edict of Milan
    The Edict of Milan was that was signed by Constantine and Licinius. It said that you can do any religious practice within that Roman Empire adn it stoped the unfair treatment of Christians.
  • 379

    Emperor Theodosius

    Emperor Theodosius
    Theodosius the Great was Emperor from 379 CE to 395 CE. He was the last emperor to rule over both halves of the Roman Empire. He also campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the empire.