Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Roman Rule of Israel

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The Roman rule of Israel was a time characterized by Roman-Jewish relations and they were always tense, this lead to many wars between the two and the destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple. Even thought Jews have lived in Rome for over 2,000 years eventually the tension snapped and then the Romans took over the Jews and destroyed there temple.

Great fire of Rome

64

It was a annual fire that happened every July and one year it got out of hand and burned down two thirds of Rome. It burned for around six days and then it slowed down and then burned for another three days after the six days were over so for nine days the fire burned down most of Rome. The supersizing part about this is that after the fire happened the emperor Nero blamed the Christians. This later stared one of the great prosecutions of the Christina religion.

Paul of Tarsus

67

According to the new testament he was one of the first people to follow the disciples of Jesus. Thirteen out of the twenty books had a tribute to Paul. Even today Pauls epistles continue to be important and are the guide lines to theology and worship.

Jesus of Nazareth

69

Christian practitioners believe that Jesus was conceived by a Holy Spirit. He died of Crucifixion. After he had died form Crucifixion incrustation he rode from the dead and was sent to heaven. Most of the Christian faith believes that Jesus can help people be reconciled by the gods. Almost all Christians worship Jesus as a reincarnation of god the son. The birth of Jesus is annually celebrated on December 25 on the day of Christmas and this day was the day the Jesus was born.

Perpetua

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This is one of the oldest texts that is noble. It includes the first persons prison diary and it survived in both Greek and Latin form. Most scholars believe that it is true but the version that we have now had been fixed and edited from other people so it is not the original.

Great Prosecution of 303 bc

303

This was the last persecution of Christians in Rome and it was the most major. A series of actions happened and the Christians wanted to use there legal rights and demand that people comply with there traditional religious practices. Some of the other acts included some things lie universal sacrifice for example they were making every inhabitant sacrifice to the gods. Christians were subjected to discrimination in the government

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

This bridge is important because it is a quick way to the Tiber river. This battle was between the Roman emperor Constantine and Maxentius. Constantine won the battle and led him to the path of the end of tetarchy who became the sole ruler of Rome. During the war Maxentius drowned in the Tiber river and this eventually led to the lose against Rome.

Edict of Milan

313

This was the official letter made by Constantine that Christianity was now legal and people could freely practice Christianity and could not be prosecuted. This was also known that this was the first great thing that Constantine did as a leader and was the best thing that he did the Christians. This was Constantine first step to create and alliance with the people that practice this religion. This paper was a direct against Maximinus Diaia.

Constantine the Great

337

He was the leader that legalized the religion and was very popular for doing that because some of the people in that place were Christians. Under the emperors Gallerias and Diocletian he became one of the most respected military leader knows as a tribune. As an emperor he enhanced financial social and military reforms. He reconstructed the government and separated military and civil authorities. To combat inflation he created something called solidus which is a new coin that people could spend.

Emperor Theodosius

395

He was the last emperor that ruled over east and west of Rome. He was also known and respected for his military background and was one off the greatest emperors ever. He also helped with inflation and introduced a new type of money that helped fight inflation.He also banned the Olympic traditions from Ancient Greece. After his death his two sons named Arcadius and Honorius took over his position and started to ruled over the east and the west.