Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Roman Rule Of Isreal

63 BCE

The Jews made the roman mad so the Romans took over the rest of the Jewish Area. They were forced to leave their land and the Romans destroyed their temples. With this the Jews were disputed throughout of the Roman Empire.With this helped the spread of Christianity messages throughout the Roman Empire.

Jesus of Nazareth

33

Jesus of Nazareth, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Christ from inside the Old Testament. He came to the world to offer us salvation. Our sins mean eternal death, but Jesus was God’s sacrifice to inflict for our sins.

The Great Fire Of Rome

64

In 64 AD Constantine was not mentally stable, and put fire to the city of Rome. But when the city burnt only one part of the city was there. And in that one part lived Christians and Constantine blamed them as a scapegoat. Many people blamed Christians for this crime

Paul of Tarsus

64

Paul of Tarsus was the second founder of Christianity, even though he was a young contemporary of Jesus of Nazareth, he never even met him. In fact, he spent part of his early life rooting out Jewish Christian communities and prosecuting them.He traveled tens of thousands of miles around the Mediterranean spreading the word of Jesus.

Perpetua

203

Perpetua,, Christian martyr who wrote The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal describing her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death in the arena. She was persecuted in the arena for being a christian.

The Great Persecution

303

In 303 CE the most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire has taken place. they were accused of cannibalism and weird things.They would kill them in many different ways, for examples they are put on sticks and burned to use as tiki's. They would sometimes put them in coleuses in front of people and let animals in for entertainment

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

In 312 CE there was a battle between Constantine and Maxentius on the Milvian Bridge, but during the battle he had of vision of cross in the sky giving him hope so that he could win. And in the end Constantine prevailed and led to him being the ruler of the Roman empire, when this happen he started to be involved with Christianity.

Also Maxentius drowned in the Tiber river right under the bridge during the battle. This battle marked the beginning of Constantine's move to Christianity forever.

Edict of Milan

313

The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. The letter was made in 313 AD, shortly after the emperor Diocletian and stopped the unfair treatment of Christians. This made the freedom of Religion. This is very important because you can express yourself in the religion and believe what you want to believe.

Constantine the Great

337

Constantine was the first Christian emperor of Rome. He made Christianity religion in Roman society, and he also founded the city of Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. He played a big role in the making of the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity in the Roman empire. In 337 AD he was sick and passed away in his empire.

Emperor Theodosius

395

Theodosius the Great was the last Roman Emperor to rule a united Roman Empire. He established Christianity as the state religion and successfully defended it. He made it the official religion of the Roman Empire. He became a convert and stopped the persecution. He allowed followers of the religion to relocate.