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Period: 284 BCE to 305 BCE
Diocletian
Diocletian creates
the Tetrarchy
"Great Persecution"
begins under Diocletian
Constantine adopts Christian
symbol before battle
Edict of Milan -
Period: 193 BCE to 260 BCE
sept. Servous
Tertullian begins writing
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are martyred in the arena at Carthage
Origen (ca. 185-254)
begins writing
Edict of Decius (emp. 249-251)
orders empire-wide persecution
of Christians
Valerian
(emp. 253-260)
Rescripts in 257 and 258 -
Period: 137 BCE to 180 BCE
Antoninus
St. Justin Martyr dedicates his First Apology
Polycarp martyred
St. Justin Martyr dedicates
his Second Apology
St. Irenæus writes
Against Heresies -
Period: 120 BCE to 148 BCE
Hadrian
Hadrian's Rescript
St. Telesphorus is Pope; martyred in 136;
He composed the Gloria in Excelsis Deo -
Period: 96 BCE to 117 BCE
Trajan
St. Ignatius of Antioch martyred
Trajan's Rescript in response to Pliny
St. Sixtus I is Pope; died in 125 -
Period: 81 BCE to 88 BCE
Domination
Persecution mumder Domitian -
Period: 70 BCE to 80 BCE
Verspasian
Destruction od Jerusalem by Titus -
Period: 60 BCE to 70 BCE
Nero
Persecution under
Domitian 81-96
St. Clement I is Pope; restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter; martyred in 97