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4 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth
Is the leader of the Christian Religion.
Born in Bethlehem.
Lived in Nazareth.
Changed water into wine-1st miracle.
Led 12 apostles and taught them.
Raised Lazarus from the dead.
Was crucified for claiming to be the son of god and rose from the dead 3 days later. -
4 BCE
Paul of Tarsus
Was an Apostle of Jesus.
Said to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity.
Had an enormous influence on Christianity.
Spread the word of Jesus all over the Mediterranean area.
Turned a small religion into something that over 2 billion people worship today.
Died in 62-64 ce -
64
Great Fire of Rome
The fire started in the Circus Maximus and was extinguished in 6 days. 10 of Romes 14 districts were burned when the fire was extinguished. Rome's emperor at the time, Nero was blamed for the fire so he could bypass the senate and rebuild Rome as he wanted it. The fire destroyed more than 60,000 buildings. Surprisingly, there are only 6 verified deaths. Ended July 23, 64 AD. -
66
Roman rule of Israel (begins)
Jewish- Roman war Began in 66 AD.
Nero was emperor while when the Jewish - Roman war was fought.
The war was escalated when Jews were protesting against taxes.
War ended in 70 AD
Roman army was led by future emperor Titus. -
101
Perpetua
Was killed because she was Christian.
Christians were asked to be sacrificed to the Roman gods.
If the Christians refused to be sacrificed to the Roman gods, they would be put in an arena with wild animals to be killed.
22 years old at death.
Had an infant when she died.
Died on march 7, 203 -
272
Constantine the great
Was the first emperor to claim conversion to Christianity.
Played an influential role in the Edict of Milan in 313.
Made Christianity legal in Rome.
First christian emperor.
Last of the 5 "good" emperors.
Died on May 22, 337 AD -
303
Great persecution of 303 AD
As many as 3,000 - 3,500 Christians were killed.
Emperors responsible: Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius.
Christians were demanded to follow traditional Roman religion.
Some Christians were torn apart by dogs while others were set on fire as human torches.
Many Christians were persecuted because they wouldn't worship the Emperor or the gods that other Romans worshiped. -
312
Battle of Milvian Bridge
Fought on the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber River.
Constantine won the battle.
Helped Constantine become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire.
Fought between the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and Maxentius.
Made Constantine end the Tetrarchy. -
313
Edict of Milan
Was put into order by Constantine and Licinius.
Made Christianity legal to practice.
Was put into order shortly after the Great persecution in 303.
Ultimately stopped the Persecutions of Christians.
Helped rapidly spread Christianity throughout Europe -
347
Emperor Theodosius
Issued the Edict of Thessalonica.
Made Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire.
Last emperor to rule both the east and west sides of Rome.
Completely prohibited paganism.
Abolished the Olympics while prohibiting paganism because they were founded in Olympia, where Zeus was worshiped.
Died on January 17, 395 AD
