Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

Jesus of Nazareth

4 BCE

Jesus Christ was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Jesus Christ the one that helped the Christians win the war against Rome, Jesus Christ is a savior to Christians. Jesus of Nazareth was the only god that they were in Thr Rome times.

Paul of tarsus

5

Paul was a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences. Paul was dedicated to persecuting the early disciples of Jesus in the area of Jerusalem. when Paul of Tarsus the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a great light. He was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God his only god at there ever been.

The great fire of Rome

64

The emperor of Rome Nero sends people to start the fire in the city and while the city was burning the Christians city wasn't burning so Nero blamed the Christians that they started the fire in the city. The great fire lasted about 6 days without stopping. Nero persecuted the Christians and burned the Christians alive because of the great fire that they didn't start. The Romans thought that the Christians was a threat to Romans.

Perpetua

181

Perpetua was a faithful noblewoman at the time she believed in God and she was married and had a kid and lived with her slave in the 3rd century. The emperor Septimius Severus wanted to cripple Christianity and he didn't want Christianity to grow big in afica. Among the first to be arrested were five new Christians taking classes to prepare for baptism, one of whom was Perpetua. Her father came to her prison sail and he had to say her Christianity.

The great persecution of 303 CE

303

The great persecution of the Christians was bad because of the emperor of Rome Nero he started off this because he blamed the Christians they started the great fire.The Christian religion, however, was largely unacceptable to conservative Romans of the time. The Romans were religious people, but many saw Christianity as a threat to their religious system. Unlike members of other new religions, Christians refused to sacrifice to the gods, proclaiming instead that there was only one God.

Battle of Milvian Bridge

312

The battle of Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman emporers and Maxentius. Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle; his body was later taken from the river and decapitated to the streets of Rome. the battle of Milvian Bridge marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.

Edict of Milan

313

Edict of Milan was treating the Christian benevolently within the Roman Empire. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity a legal status but he didn't make Christianity church in Rome. All or there took place under the emperor Theodosius I in 380 AD. Edict of Milan was with Christianity and he didn't want it to be big in Rome.

Constantine the Great

337

Despite its growing popularity, Christianity may never have become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire had it not eventually found imperial support. The system fell apart as each of the four emperors battled the others for control, In the western half of the empire, Constantine battled a rival, Maxentius, for Rome Christianity was slow in its development after the war. Christianity was big after the fall of rome.

Emperor Theodosius

347

Theodosius the Great, was a Roman Emperor from AD 379 to AD 395, and the last emperor to rule over both the Eastern and the Western halves of the Roman Empire. they were established as Foederati, autonomous allies of the Empire, south of the Danube, in Illyricum. Theodosius the Great Roman Emperor issued decrees that effectively made Nicene Christianity the official state church of the Roman Empire.

Roman Rule of Israel (begins)

476

Their cultures began to overlap in the centuries just before the Christian Era. Jews, as part of the Jewish diaspora, migrated to Rome and Roman Europe from the Land of Israel, Asia Minor, Babylon, and Alexandria. The rule of Israel was how Jews were spread to other parts of Rome and others around it and the Emporers and the Senate were the ones to start the king of jews at the time. Jews have lived in Rome for over 2,000 years, longer than in any other city's like Alexandria.