Church By 817195 512 BCE Completion of the temple 330 BCE Conquest by Alexander the Great. Rise of Hellenism 63 BCE Roman rule of Israel begins 4 BCE birth of jesus 30 Death of Jesus christ 33 pentecost and the coming f the Holy Spirit 48 Gentile Christians accepted alongside those in Jewish tradition 68 Apostles Peter and Paul martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Nero 70 Jewish rebellion ends. destruction of the temple in Jerusalem 70 Christianity moves to Antioch, Alexandria and Rome 90 Book of revelation and Gospel of Saint John written 180 Widespread persecution of Christians under Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. 312 Roman emperor Constantine received a vision of a flaming crpss 313 Edict of Milan ensured the freedom of the Church and established Cristianit