Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Constantine the Great

306 BCE

Constantine the Great was born February 27, 272 AD. He died in May 22, 33 AD. He was a Roman Emperor who ruled between 306 AD and 337 AD. Also, he realized that the Roman Empire for only 1 man to rule alone. He would one day go to defeat all other challengers to the throne. And he wanted to one day reunite the split empire.

Jesus of Nazareth

30

Jesus, aka Jesus Christ, Jesus of Galilee, or Jesus of Nazareth. He was born 6–4 BC and died 30 AD. He is known by most Christians as the Incarnation of God. The history of Christianity on the teachings and nature of Jesus is examined in the article of Christology.

The Great Fire of Rome

64

The Great Fire of Rome lasted for 6 days, the dates went from July 18, 64 AD-July 24, 64 AD. study shows that Nero was playing the fiddle while the city went up in flames. 10 of Rome's 14 districts were encased in flames. Roman Historians blamed the Roman Empire, Nero, for the fire. There is a chance that someone else did it tho because there were over 2 mil people.

Paul of Tarsus

64

the birth & death of Paul had no specific date. All we know is he was born in Tarsus, Turkey, and died in 64 or 67 AD. ( 61–62 or 64–65 years old)Paul was a historical figure who basically set the tone for Christianity. It was Paul, not Jesus whose writing emphasized celibacy and the theory of "divine grace and salvation". It was Paul who eliminated the circumcision requirement. Paul also was the first to use the term the gospel in connection with the teaching of Christ.

Roman Rule of Israel (begins)

66

In 66 AD, the first Jewish Roman War began. The defection was put down by the future Roman emperors Vespasian and Titus. In the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, the Romans ruined much of the Temple in Jerusalem. According to some plundered artifacts from the Temple, such as the Menorah.

Perpetua

181

she was born in 181 AD then died March 7, 203 AD. There are little ideas of what brought Perpetua to how long she had been a Christian, or how she lived her Christian life. Thanks to her diary, we have some idea of her last days. So impressed the famous Augustine that he preached four sermons about her death. Perpetua was a Christian noblewoman who, near the end of the third century, lived with her husband, her son, and her slave, named Felicitas.

Great Persecution of 303 CE

303

in 303 AD just about 2 years before Diocletian would undertake his throne, he started the worst persecution that the Christians have never faced. This is because the Christians progressively ruined at the hands of Diocletian. at first, Diocletian wanted to not kill all Christians because he knew the power of the testimony.

Battle of Milvian Bridge

305

After Emperor Diocletian resigned in 305 AD was confusing and complicated as emperors of the West and of the East contended for power. Among them was Flavius Valerius Constantinus, known to history as Constantine the Great. He was renowned as emperor by his troops in York in 306 AD, he was chosen Caesar or deputy emperor of the West by Diocletian’s, Galerius.

Edict of Milan

313

It came out of 2 men meeting in a northern city called Milan, Italy on January 313. The two men were the Roman Emperor Constantine ruling the West and Licinius who was ruling the East. They met together “under happy auspices,” as their joint direct put it. After many years of power struggleed for the "imperial purple", the Roman world enjoyed a the peace.

Emperor Theodosius

347

Theodosius's full name was Flavius Theodosius. He was born in 347 AD. His father's name was Flavius Theodosius aswell. His father was a senior military officer. Theodosius's mother's name is "lost in history".