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Nazareth is the city where, according to tradition, the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, and the place where Jesus spent his childhood and youth. since the Romans adopted Christianity it meant that they were worshiping him to. The Romans built shrines and churches dedicated to Jesus.
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Paul of tarsus, commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus, was an apostle who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. He died and was buried in the roman empire.
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The Great Fire of Rome was a city wide fire that happened in July of 64 AD. The fire began in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium the Circus Maximus, on the night of July 19. After seven days the fire was under control. Before the damage could be measured, the fire reignited and burned for another three days. In the aftermath of the fire, two thirds of Rome had been destroyed.
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In 66 AD, the First Jewish–Roman War began. The revolt was put down by the future Roman emperors Vespasian and Titus. In the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, the Romans destroyed much of the Temple in Jerusalem and, according to some accounts, destroyed artifacts from the Temple, such as the Menorah.
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He emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD.
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Perpetua, in full Vibia Perpetua. Carthage now a residential suburb of Tunisia, Christian martyr who wrote The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, a journal recounting her trial and imprisonment that was continued by a contemporary who described Perpetua’s death in the arena. Both her martyrdom and its account have been highly revered by ancient and modern Christians. Her text is one of the rare surviving documents written by a woman in the ancient world.
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The Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the Emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius put into law a series of edicts withdrawing Christians of their legal rights and demanding that they do traditional religious practices.
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The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine and Maxentius on 28 October 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. In outright fashion Constantine won the battle.
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The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that allowed Christians to practice Christianity without being threatened in the Roman Empire. The letter was issued in February, 313 AD
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Theodosius I, also known as 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. On accepting his elevation, he campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the Empire
