Timeline: Persecution of “The Way” chapter 3 CT

Period: 60 to 68

Nero

64

Great fire of Rome; Nero launches persecutions of Christians

Period: 69 to 79

Vespasian

70

Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus

81

Persecution under Domitian 81-96

Period: 81 to 96

Domitian

88

St Clement 1 is Pope

restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the Right of St Peter; martyred in 97

Period: 98 to 117

Trajan

110

St Ignatius of Antioch martyred

111

Trajan’s rescript in response to Pliny

115

St Sixtus 1 is pope; died in 125

Period: 117 to 138

Hadrian

123

Hadrians Rescript

125

St Telesphorus is pope; martyred in 138. He composed the Gloria

Period: 138 to 161

Antoninus Pius

150

St Justin martyr dedicated his first apology

155

St Polycarp martyred

161

St Justin martyr dedicates his second apology

Period: 161 to 180

Marcus Aurelius

180

St Irenaeus writes against heresies

Period: 193 to 211

Sept. Severus

196

Tertullian begins writing

204

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are martyred in the area at Carthage

215

Origen begins writing (ca. 185-254)

Period: 249 to 251

Edict of Decius (emp 249-251)

Orders empire-wide persecution of Christians

Period: 253 to 260

Valerian

257

Rescripts in 257 and 258

Period: 284 to 305

Diocletian

293

Diocletian creates the tetrarchy

303

Great persecution begins under Diocletian

312

Constantine adopts Christian symbol before battle

313

Edict of Milan

Period: 400 to 423

Honorius -western emo

410

Visigoths sack Rome under King Alaric

418

Franks take Gaul

430

St Augustine died

431

Council of Ephesus- third ecumenical- defined Mary to be mother of god

Period: 440 to 461

St Leo I

445

Emp Valentinian III acknowledges papal supremacy

451

Council of Chalcedon - fourth ecumenical - defined the human and divine natures of Christ in one person

452

St Leo I (The Great) meets Attila the Hun

Period: 475 to 491

Zeno - eastern empire

476

End of Roman Empire, last western emperor is Romulus Augustulus

493

Theodoric the Ostrogoth becomes king of Italy

Period: 526 to 565

Justinian - eastern empire

529

St Benedict founds monastery at Monte Cassino

553

Second Council of Constantinople - fifth ecumenical- called by emperor Justinian

570

Muhammad born at or near Mecca

Period: 590 to 604

St Gregory

Period: 610 to 641

Heraclius-eastern empire

611

Muhammad has vision or archangel Gabriel

624

Muhammad defeats Meccans at Battle of Badr

637

Jerusalem captured by Muslim

640

Library of Alexandria destroyed with 300,000 ancient papyrus scrolls

680

Third Council of Constantinople - sixth ecumenical

684