Rise Of Christianity in the Roman Empire

The Great Persecution

303 BCE

Great Persecution of 303 BC
The romans were really religious people so romans felt offended and threatened by christians, One of the main reasons Romans got so mad was they refused to serve the gods that helped protect the towns and villages so they felt like the gods would become angry and not protect the people, so the romans had decided to sacrifice and persecute the christians to rid of them by burning them alive or feeding them to beasts.

Roman Rule of Israel

37 BCE

Roman Rule of Israel (begins) 37BC
When rome started to rule over israel, the christians stayed quiet and had their own little secret society, Where they could practice. The reason it stayed so strong through all these years in because they were so dedicated to their work in the gospel.

Paul of Taursus

4 BCE

Paul of Tarsus 4 BC
Paul established the church in rome, it brang a lot of people together with a message of unity from god, They had to practice underground for it was illegal, There were alot of different christian religions that everybody practiced.

Jesus of Nazareth

30

Jesus of Nazareth 30AD
This is what the romans had now believed to be true. They had given up on the greek gods and only believed there to be one god. He was the god that they worshiped and he had been a leader to them to look upon.

The Great Fire of Rome

64

Great Fire of Rome 64 AD
Emperor Nero caused this great fire to create rome in its new image he had in his mind. He had later blamed the christians for starting it. He blamed them because they were easy scapegoats to blame everything on to get revenge. Everyone believed him because christians were kinda frowned upon because they were disrespecting the gods.

Perpetua

182

Perpetua 182 AD
She and a couple other friends, were caught practicing christianity, and they were executed. This shows how serious the rules were for no christianity and how mad they were at the christians

Constantine the Great

272

Constantine the Great 272 AD
Constantine and his men had walked into battle less prepared than the opposing team. And later he had a vision of a cross in the sky, saying in Hoc Signo Vinces, meaning in this sign you will conquer. So he put it on his men's shield to protect them and they won. He had later believed that god had helped him and that's when christianity was no longer frowned upon, and he made it allowed because he had seen this great vision.

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

Battle of Milvian Bridge 312 AD
At the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the romans were under the emperor constantine the great, where shortly before the battle, he had a vision of a cross in the sky, with a message In Hoc Signo Vinces which translates to in this sign you will conquer, and then later he had a dream to put crosses on the men's shields, With an XP the letters of christ's name. So it had helped them win the battle, so Constantine had thought christians were true.

Edict of Milan

313

Edict of Milan 313 AD
Made christianity legal, removed all restrictions in the religion, returned all property confiscated during the great persecution, Constantine met with linius and made these certain sets of rules that the religion should not be shamed, and it should be accepted into the community.

Emperor Theodosius

347

Emperor Theodosius 347 AD
Emperor Theodosius was the last Roman ruler to rule over both eastern and western halves of the roman empire, and he did not worship the gods but he worshiped the one god. Theodosius took measures to put an end to paganism with the Roman Empire. In 391 AD, an edict was issued towards paganism