Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire timeline

-Israel's location was benefited Rome. Crossroads there allowed people to move freely into different continents
- Rome made a compromise that allowed Jews their freedom of worship by also having to follow Roman rules and laws
-Romans and Jews had a mostly positive relationship
-Jews were excused from military service and they did not have to appear in court by the Sabbath
- People in Israel saw their right to worship as a privilege that was granted by Caesar, who could take it away if not obeyed

Died: 30 CE
-Jesus was a religious leader of Christianity and believed to be the incarnation of God
-Much of Jesus's early childhood is unknown.
-He was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, and moved to the city of Nazareth soon after.
-Jesus's teaching mostly focused on the Kingdom of God that God exists in heaven and people arrive upon death
-Jesus had a complete devotion to God and put it ahead of himself and his family. He also was a healer and miracle worker.

Died: 65 CE
-In his childhood, Paul's family were faithful Jews, and he was sent to study Jewish Law
-Paul heard a prophet that included Jesus, and began to persecute Jesus's followers
-On January 25, people celebrate Saint Paul's conversion to Christianity after his encounter of Jesus and when he was baptized to gain holy spirit.
-Paul traveled to many places to teach people about Jesus.
-He wrote letters when he was arrested for for preaching about Jesus that people still read today.

End Date: July 25th 64 CE.
-The Great Fire of Rome started in the Circus Maximum stadium which is located in the capital of Italy today.
-Many think that Nero (Roman Emperor) started the fire, some even think that Nero wanted a new palace from burning Rome.
- Nero blamed the Christians for starting the fire as a rebellious cult.
- Most historians say that the cause of the fire could be from a fire that started in a wooden apartment that people were living in
- 10/14 Roman districts were burned

Died: 203
-Perpetua was a Christian martyr who wrote a journal about her events of her trial and imprisonment.
-Her writing is one of the surviving written records by a female in the ancient world
-She was arrested at the time when emperor Severus forbidden the conversion of Christianity
-Perpetua's diary included her prophetic dreams that offered visions into heaven
-Her diary was handed over to another Christian who recorded the events of her execution and her acceptance taking death by sword.

Ended: 313 CE
- Romans increasingly saw Christianity as a threat as people began to reject the religion.
-Nero was the first emperor to persecute the Christians, however Diocletian had the most intense persecutions
- In 260, laws had passed rights for Christians, in 303 Diocletian overturned the laws to ban citizens from worshiping god
-The Roman Government destroyed a church (Nicomedia) as a first act to wipe out Christianity.
-Acts of Persecutions included: being burnt alive and imprisonment

Died May 22,337
-Constantine was the first Roman emperor to affirm Christianity
-He turned the Roman Empire into a Christian state, evolving Christian culture, including Western Medieval culture.
-Before his rule, the empire was split into two in which Constantine brought together.
-Constantine moved the old capital of Rome, the new capital was named after him (Constantinople).
-Constantine battled against two emperors to rule, claiming that his success came from the support of God and Christ.

-It was a battle in the civil war in which Constantine won and Christianity became Rome's official religion
-It was a battle that was fought between Constantine and Maxentius.
-The battle was fought over Tiber River on the Milvian Bridge outside of Rome.
-Before the battle, Constantine described the fate like a religious awakening.
-Maxentius had a defective battle strategy, putting his troops too close to the river. When Constantine's men struck out, Maxentius could not retreat and drowned.

-Edict of Milan was the political agreement outcome between the Emperors Constantine 1 and Licinius
-The Edict granted freedom to the people freedom to worship any deity they desired
-The Edict established tolerance for Christianity, and granted legal rights to the Christians
-This was the only Edict that effectively established religious tolerance as others were short lived
-The granted rights Christians received included the right to organize churches and the returning of confiscated property

Died: 395 AD
-Roman Emperor who the Creed of the Council Nicaea as a norm for Christian Orthodoxy
-He participated in campaigns against the Picts, the Alemanni, and the Samaritans.
-Theodosius created a treaty of alliance to coexist with the barbarians in 382 as it was a major issue in Rome.
-Theodosius valued paganism, and took many measures to suppress it such as passing an Edict in 391.
-After Theodosius death, the Roman empire was inherited by his sons in which Rome was divided permanently