Religion By rdaguer27@students.mpslakers.com 70 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 60 Great fire of Rome 80 Persecution under domination 81-96 88 St. Clement is Pope restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter: martyred in 97 110 St . Ignatius of Antioch martyred 112 Trajan rescript response to Pliny 115 St . Sixtus I is pope , died in 125 123 Hadrians rescript 125 St. Telesphorus is Popo: martyrod in 138; Ho composed the Gloria in excelsis Deo 155 St. Polycarp martyred 161 St . Justin martyr dedicates his second apology 180 St irenaeus writes against heresies 195 Tertullian begings writing 205 Sts . Perpetua and felicity are martyred in arena at Carthage 215 Origen ( ca 185-254) begings writing 250 Edit Decius ( emp 249-251) orders empire wide persecution of Christ 258 Valerian ( emp 253-260) rescript in 257 and 258 293 Diocletian creates the tetrachy 303 Constantine adopts Christian symbol before battle 304 Great persecution begings under Diocletian 304 Edict of Milan