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5 BCE
Jesus of Nazareth
-He is what started Christianity through his teachings and followers
-Sacrificed on the cross and died in 30 -
33
Paul Of Tarsus
-On of Jesus followers (Apostle)
-Taught gospel of Christ to the first century world
-Taught until his death in 64 -
37
Roman Rule of Israel (begins)
-Herod became ruler of Rome after Hasmonean's defeat of Mattathias Antigonus
- Romans took over Israel -
64
Great Fire of Rome
-Emperor Nero got mad because senate wouldn't let him rebuild Rome how he wanted so fire was said to be started by him so he would get to rebuild
-Nero blamed the fire on the Christians because their area wasn't affected by the fire
-Lead to persecution of Christians -
203
Perpetua
-Christian follower that what was persecuted with her child and slave Felicity
-Most famous Christian martyr -
303
Great Persecution of 303 CE
-Lead by Diocletian; he believed Rome needed to be unified and because the Christians were not worshiping the god's that was the reason for their hardship, so Diocletian lead a mass persecution of Christians
-Power switched to Constantine -
306
Constantine The Great
-The first christian emperor.
-Had a vision of a cross in the sky with words of Christ
-Had a dream that Christianity would lead his battle to victory, so when he won the battle of The Milvian Bridge he owed it to Christianity and thus slowly converted to Christianity and lead the popularity of the religion
-ruled until 337 -
312
Battle of Milvian Bridge
This is the battle that Constantine won under the influence of Christ's words and eventually lead to the up rise of Christianity. -
313
Edict Of Milan
-Legalized Christianity
-Stopped Christian persecution
-Christianity started growing after this -
379
Emperor of Theodosius
-Made Christianity the official religion of Roman Empire
-Stopped persecution
-Ruled until 395