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4 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus Christ, 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 Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. Nazareth, or Natsrat as its name is pronounced in Hebrew, is the cradle of Christianity, the city where, according to tradition, the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, place where Jesus spent his childhood and youth. -
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Paul of Tarsus
Was an apostle of Jesus. Said to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. Had an enormous influence on Christianity. He Spread the word of Jesus all over the Mediterranean area. Turned a small religion into something that over 2 billion people worship today. He died in 62-64 CE -
64
Great Fire of Rome
On July 14, 64 CE, a fire burst out in the empire of Rome. When the fire was finally extinguished six days later, 10 of Rome's 14 districts were burned. The emperor at the time, Nero, blamed the Christians for the fire. The fire destroyed 60,000 buildings, but the amount of deaths are very low, only 6 verified deaths. -
66
Roman Rule of Israel (begins)
He was Jewish, and the Roman war began in 66 AD. Nero was emperor while when the Jewish, Roman war was fought. The war was escalated when Jews were protesting against taxes. The war ended in 70 AD. The Roman army was led by future emperor Titus -
101
Perpetua
She was killed because she was Christian. Christians were asked to be sacrificed to the Roman Gods. If the christian refused to be sacrifices to the roman gods, they would be put in an arena with wild animals to be killed. She was 22 years old when she died, she also had an infant at the time of her death. She died on March 7, 203. -
303
Great Persecution of 303 CE
The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. About 3,000−3,500 Christians were executed under the authority of Imperial edicts. The Decian persecution resulted from an edict issued in 250 by the Emperor Decius ordering everyone in the Roman Empire to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods and the well-being of the Emperor. -
306
Constantine the Great
Constatine's full name is Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity in the Roman empire. -
313
Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. Christianity paved the way for its rapid spread throughout the Roman empire and Europe. Galerius ended the persecution in the East in 311.Constantine and Licinius, Severus's successor, signed the "Edict of Milan" in 313, which offered a more comprehensive acceptance of Christianity than Galerius's edict had provided. -
321
Battle of Milvian Bridge
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312. Eusebius of Caesarea recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision sent by the Christian God. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. -
379
Emperor Theodosius
Theodosius the Great, was a Roman Emperor from 379 to 395, and the last emperor to rule over both the Eastern and the Western halves of the Roman Empire. Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. He became a convert and stopped the persecution. He allowed followers of the religion to relocate. Theodosius banned the Olympics due to the pagan practices associated with the games, such as animal sacrifices.
