Jesus- AD 500 By vin_luk21@sas-students.com 64 persecuation of christians begins under roman emperor nero 250 persecution under roman emperor decius 251 council of carthage 303 persecaution under roman emperor diocletian 313 emperor contasntne issues the edict of milan 325 council of nicea 330 emperor constantine divides the roman empire into east and west 330 construction of the first st peters a basicala in rome 397 the councils of hippo and carthage determine which books will become part of the testament 410 the visgoths destroy the city of rome 431 council of ephesus 451 council of chalcedon 476 the western roman empire collapses 496 clovis, the king of franks, coverts to catholicism