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64
Great Fire of Rome
60% of Rome burned down. Nero (emperor) blamed it on the Christians. He also played the fiddle while it burned. people knew it was him. It burned for 5 days in July. -
303
Great Persecution of 303
On February 23, Diocletian destroyed the newly built Christian church at Nicomedia, burned its scriptures, and took its money. February 23 was the feast of Terminus, the god of boundaries. It was supposed to be the end of Christianity -
312
Constantine the Great
born in Naissus, died in Ancyrona. The first Roman emperor to profess Christianity. He did so after he had a dream about the Christian god. He put the cross on his army's shields. He won and said it wasbecause of the christian god. -
313
The Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. It stopped the unfair treatment of Christians. -
357
Emperor Theodosius
aka Theodosius the Great. Lived from 347 to 395. Was Roman Emperor from AD 379 to AD 395. He was the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire. He was a Christian emperor. Link text
