rise of Christianity

Paul of Tarsus

5

Paul, previously named Saul, was born in Tarsus in 5 AD. In his early life, Paul was dedicated to persecuting Christians in Jerusalem. While Paul was on a mission to arrest certain Christians, it was said Jesus came to him in a great light, and after he received his vision, I started to preach for Jesus and helped Christians instead of persecuting them.

Jesus of Nazareth

30

Jesus is the religious leader revered in Christianity. His mother was supposedly a virgin that was impregnated with a child from the holy spirit. He became a healer and preacher after he was baptized in his mid 30s. Sometime between 29 AD and 33 AD in Jerusalem for Passover, he was deemed a threat and got arrested and executed. it is said that he rose again on the third day.

Roman Rule of Jerusalem

63

The Roman Rule of Jerusalem started in 63 BCE and ended in 313 AD. In 66 AD the first Roman / Jewish war / revolt happened, but the Jew's rebellion was quickly put down as the Roman army outweighed them by infinite amounts. In the siege of Jerusalem, 70 AD Romans barged into the city and destroyed many temples and artifacts such as the Jewish Menorah.

The great fire of Rome

64

In 64 ad a fire by Circus Maximus stadium History has blamed Nero for the disaster,the people believed that Nero started the fire so that he could rebuild Rome to his liking.Tacitus took detailed notes about the fire and claimed that Nero watched Rome burn while playing his fiddle.

1. Nero was the emperor during the fires.
2. the fires lasted for 6 days.
3. Nero killed him self 14 years after the fire because he became a public enemy.
4. Nero was the first emperor to kill him self.

Roman Rule of Israel

64

Caesar made Judaism a religio licita which means it was a permitted religion.
- The Roman general Pompey was the general when the Romans took over Israel

The great persecution

Period: 64 to 303

The great persecution was a time period when Christians where being hunted down by the Romans. the Romans were doing this because the Christians didn't believe in sacrifice. the Romans had a tolerance to religion as log as the practices were for the good of the empire.

1. 2 million Christians died during the great persecution. 2.the great persecution lasted for two centuries
2. Diocletian was the emperor. 4.the Christians were often put in the Colosseum and forced to fight animals.

perpetual

203

Perpetua was a noblewomen from the Roman empire that wrote her account for her imprisonment and arrest. She had dreams of seeing her brother in heaven and battling the devil and getting a crown from god himself.

the bridge battle

312

Before the battle Constantine had a dream in which Christ told him he should use the sign of Christianity against his enemies. so he had the the PX marked on his soldiers shields and when the Milvian Bridge battle gave him an overwhelming victory he attributed it to the god of the Christians.
1. Constantine was the ruler of the west.
2. Maxentius fought Constantine in Rome.
3. Maxentius had control of Rome.
4. Constantine was outnumbered.
5. Constantine transitioned to Christianity.

the edit of Milan

313

The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire.the edict of Milan stopped the unfair treatment of Christians.
1.Constantine ran for 31 years.
2.Constantine's dad was Cesar.
3.Constantine and Licinius were rivals.
4.many people believe that Christianity wouldn't be the same with out the edit of Milan.
5.the edict of Milan was signed in Milan a city north of Italy.

Emperor Theodosius

379

He was a roman Emperor that ruled from 379 AD to 395 AD. he made Christianity the official religious of the roman empire. He out the church and faith over the roman empire and for that he was relieved if his power. He allowed Christians to relocate and defended the religion against paganism and Arianism.