-
In 37 BC, the ruler Herod was appointed, taking reign over Judea. In spite of his rule, his best attempts to win over the Jewish population of Judea, by 4 BC the Romans had complete control over Judea.
-
Jesus, born inn 4BC and dying around 33 AD, preached the teachings of the Jewish religion and a central figure of Christianity.
-
Paul of Tarsus was arguably as much of as influence as Jesus was, spreading the word of Christianity after Jesus' death. He had a hand in creating many churches across Europe.
-
64 CE marks a great tragedy. Many Romans thought that Nero, the emperor at the time, caused the fire. They speculated it was a punishment for some citizens not being fully subservient to Nero. The fire lasted for 5 days and burned more than half of the city. The Christian area, suspiciously, had not been burned, so Nero pinned the blame to the Christians.
-
The Christian Perpetua was persecuted and sent to prison in Africa, a Rome province at the time. While Perpetua was there, she wrote many pieces about her visions of prophets and other Christian ideals. She perished in 203 CE after her death sentence in Carthage.
-
After the fire, many Christians were discriminated against and even forced to fight fearsome animals in the coliseum. Many were burned and killed in front of crowds.
-
Constantine ruled over Rome from 306 to 337 CE, holding many accomplishments during his rule. From his removal of discrimination against Christians to his victory in the Battle of Milvian Bridge.
-
Constantine claimed that he had a vision of a cross in the sky, with Greek letters spelling out "In this sign you will conquer". He then painted this on all of his soldier's shields, as a sign to rally around. After the victory at Milvian Bridge, this spawned the idea that Christianity was the correct religion due to their victory.
-
After the victory in the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine was regarded as a higher being. He created the Edict of Milan, which was a constitution of sorts. It dictated the rights of Christianity, and this edict caused Christianity to skyrocket to the top as a religion.
-
Theodosius was the last ruler to rule over the Eastern AND Western regions of Europe. He fought against many groups of invaders, but had little resources. No decisive victories were had, which caused civil wars to arise.
