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4 BCE
Paul of Tarsus
He was one of the leaders of the first generation of Christians, considered to be the most important person after Jesus in Christian history. He had enormous influence on subsequent Christianity and secure his place as one of the greatest religious leaders of all time.
~Died 63 CE
~He traveled tens of thousands of miles around the Mediterranean spreading the word of Jesus
~He converted on the road to Damascus
~He was a tent maker by trade
~He was a avid student under the top Jewish teacher -
4 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth/Jesus Christ was a Jewish preacher and religious leader. Most Christians believed he was the incarnation of God the Son and the Messiah. He was filled with eschatological significance where he was arrested tried and executed.
~Died 30 AD at age 33
~Was founded by the Ancient Jews
~People were convinced that he still lived and had appeared to them after death, which lead to a new religion
~ Mary was a virgin when Jesus was conceived, and that Jesus was created from a holy spirit -
64
The Great Fire of Rome
The Great Fire of Rome was when Nero decided to persecute the Christians. He burned their city down, burning the people and everything with it. He had gangs of thugs stop the people in that city from putting out the fire. It lasted form July 18, 64 CE to July 23, 64 CE.
~The fire destroyed 60,00 buildings-90% of all homes
~There were only 6 verified deaths
~The fire started in the Circus Maximums Stadium
~ 14 of Rome's districts were burned
~After the fire, Nero started to re-build Rome -
66
Roman Rule of Israel (begins)
Jews migrated to Rome and Roman Europe, from Israel, Asia Minor, Babylon, and Alexandria due to hardship. There were several Jewish-Roman wars, which lead to destruction.
~27 BC-476 AD
~Christianity developed from Second Temple Judaism
~Judaism was officially recognized as a official religion under Julius Caesar
~Herod was designated "King of the Jews" by the senate
~Roman General Pompey and his people established the Roman Province of Syria and conqueror Jerusalem -
181
Perpetua
Perpetua was a young noble women. She was 22, a wife, and a mom of a young son, and was a Christian. In Carthage, North Africa, she was put to death for her religious convictions.
~Died March 7, 203 AD
~Died at age 22
~She was a slave
~ She was put to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith
~ She had diaries, which were written in the days leading up to her execution, and are the oldest surviving texts by a Christian
woman -
303
The Great Persecution of 303
The Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.The Emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius created a series of edicts taking away the Christians' legal rights.
~Diocletian attempted to blame the Christians for the economic and political problems.
~Ended on April 30, 313
~3000-3500 Christians were killed
~Goal was to unify the empires and instill a belief in the old gods
~Edicts demanded sacrifice ordering a sacrifice to the gods -
306
Constantine the Great
Constantine was a Roman Emperor who ruled between 306 and 337 CE. He was the first Roman Emperor who changed over to Christianity, and he created the Edict of Milan.
~He founded the city of Constantinople
~In his battle against Maxentius, he believed that God helped him win the battle, which is why he started leaning more towards Christianity
~He was the second longest serving Roman Emperor
~Constantine had his wife and his oldest son killed
~Died on May 22, 337 CE -
312
The Battle of Milvian Bridge
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge was a battle between Emperors Constantine and Maxentius. The battle lasted 1 day, with a decisive Constantinian victory. The battle was to see who would be the sole ruler and what the main religion would be.
~The Milvian Bridge was in important route to the Tiber
~ Constantine and his soldiers had a vision sent by the Christian God
~Constantine saw a vision of a cross during the battle
~Maxentius drowned in the Tiber river.
~Maxentius tried to retreat but died. -
313
The Edict of Milan
The letter was signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius , that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire.It allowed freedom of worship, religion, and equality for the Christians. It was an official order/proclamation by a person of authority.
~There had been already an edict of toleration made emperor Galerius, they were granted an indulgence, not favors.
~It caused Christianity to spread
~It stopped the persecutions
~It was the transition to the era of the Roman Empire -
347
The Emperor Theodosius
He was the last emperor to rule the Roman empire before it split into East and West. He was made emperor because of his military abilities, and settled the Gothic problem by allowing them to settle South of the Danube as allies.
~Died 01-17-395
~issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which made Christianity, the official religion
~He closed all the empire's temples and forbade the practice of all pagan cults.
~He reunited the Eastern and Western Roman Empire
~He abolished the Olympic Games
