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During the time that the Roman empire ruled Israel, Jesus was born. Now that is a pretty huge Christian event, when that happened he must have been prosecuted so much because that's when the Roman's weren't to happy with the Christians.
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Jesus is who the Christians believed in and they had prophesied his coming so when he came was a pretty big deal.
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Paul of Tarsus was a Jewish man who prosecuted Christians but then in 33 CE he was converted to Christianity and is a recognized Christian.
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The great fire of Rome was one of the major events that made the people of Rome unhappy and was blamed upon the Christians. This started the persecution instead of the rise of Christianity.
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Perpetua was a married noblewoman that was martyred along with a slave by the name of felicity because they were Christians.
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The Great Persecution was a time in which Christians were persecuted for most all they did. Almost all of the major problems of Rome at the time were blamed upon them for some reason or other. This is also when Christians were thrown into the arenas along with lions and other animals.
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When Constantine the Great saw the vision of the cross in the sky in a vision was a major turning point in when Rome started to accept Christianity. Constantine claimed that God was on his side when he defeated Licinius in battle.
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Constantine the Great led his army into this battle after seeing the vision of the cross in the sky the night before. Constantine believed that he won that battle because he had God on his side.
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After the battle of Milvian bridge, Constantine and Licinius created the Edict of Milan stopping persecution of the Christians and giving them the same rights as everyone else.
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Emperor Theodosius was the one who established Christianity as the official state religion and successfully defended it against the other religions that attacked it, such as paganism and Arianism.
