Rise of Christianity in the Roman empire

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  • 37 BCE

    roman rule of israel

  • Period: 1 BCE to 67

    paul of tarsus

    Famously converted on the road to Damascus, he traveled tens of thousands of miles around the Mediterranean spreading the word of Jesus and it was Paul who came up with the doctrine that would turn Christianity from a small sect of Judaism into a worldwide faith that was open to all.
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    Jesus of Nazareth

    Jesus of Nazareth
    Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth is Christianity's central figure. The early Christians did not know how big his importance was to there religion like we do now. If he was not born nothing in our world or that religion would be the same. He was the god of Christianity.
  • 64

    The great fire of rome

    The great fire of rome
    The emperor nero blamed the fire on them so he wouldn't get hate from the people. This was the empires first persecutions against the Christians.
  • Period: 108 to 203

    perpetua

  • 303

    Great Persecution

    Great Persecution
    the persecution failed to check the rise of church. At this time Constantine was the sole ruler of the empire. Christianity at this time in his ruling was his favorite religion. Although the persecution resulted in death, torture, imprisonment or dislocation for many of the Christians but the majority of the empire avoided punishment
  • 303

    Edict of Milan

    Edict of Milan
    Edict of Milan, proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Medioladen between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313.
  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine the great

    as the first roman emperor to clam conversion of Christianity. Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which decreed tolerance for Christianity in the empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at which the Nicene Creed was professed by Christians.
  • 312

    Battle of Milvian bridge

    The battle fought at Milvian Bridge outside Rome was a crucial moment in a civil war that ended with Constantine I as sole ruler of the Roman Empire and Christianity established as the empire's official religion. Constantine's conversion to the Cross may have been prompted by a dream of victory
  • Period: 379 to 395

    Emperor Theodosius

    In 313 CE, the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which granted Christianity—as well as most other religions—legal status. ... In 380 CE, the emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which made Christianity, specifically Nicene Christianity, the official religion of the Roman Empire.