Augustus dies and Tiberius becomes emperor of Rome
26
Pontius Pilatus was issued prefect of Judea
27
John the Baptist preached in Judea
29
John the Baptist is beheaded by Herod antipas
30
Jesus is crucified by the romans
33
Paul,a Jew from the city of tarsus in Asia Minor who persecuted Christians converted to Christianity
40
Paul the apostle declares Christianity a universal religion and oreads the gospel throughout the Mediterranean region
49
Emperor Claudius expels Christians from Rome
49
Paul the apostle preaches Christianity in Greece
60
The earliest gospels began to be composed
62
Paul the apostle is executed in Rome
64
Emperor Nero blamed Christians for a fire that broke out in Rome. Many were brutally tortured and killed during this time.
66
Thaddeus establishes the Christian church of Armenia
70
The New Testament was written after Jesus’s death. The first four books—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—are known as the “Gospels,” which means “good news.”
93
emperor Domitian orders the persecution of Christians
246
Paul of Thebes retreats to the Egyptian desert and becomes the first Christian hermit
250
emperor Decius orders the first empire-wide persecution of Christians
261
Gallienus relaxes the laws against Christianity
300
the population of the Roman Empire is 60 million (about 15 million Christians)
303
emperor Diocletian orders a general persecution of the Christians
313
Constantine ends the persecution of the Christians
380
Emperor Theodosius I declared Catholicism the state religion of the Roman Empire.
476
When the Roman Empire collapsed differences emerged among Eastern and Western Christians.
532
Exiguus calculates the year in which Jesus was born as 533 years before his year and inaugurates the Christian calendar
1200
the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox church split into two groups causing many holy wars to take place between crusades that ended with Muslims and Christians fighting for the holy land of Jerusalem
