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The cultures of the Jews and the Romans began to overlap just before the Christian Era. Jews migrated to Rome along with other places. Jerusalem was conquered in 64 BC and Judaism officially became a legal religion.
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Jesus of Nazareth was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. Jesus of Nazareth, also knows as Jesus Christ, was a central figure in Christianity.
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Paul of Tarsus, or commonly known as Paul the Apostle, taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. He founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe.
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In the Great Fire of Rome, the majority of the city was burnt down in a fire except for the christian based region. The people of the city blamed Nero for the fire. Nero turned it onto the Christians which led to one of the first organized persecutions of the Christians
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Perpetua was a married noblewoman who was 22 at the time of her death. She was an important christian martyr in the third century
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Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor who lived between the years 272 to 337 AD. Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity
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The Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Christians had always been discriminated against. It was not until the 250s, that Christianity was made legal.
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The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius in the year 312. This battle marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.
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The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by the Roman emperors Constantine and Licinius, that allowed religious toleration in the Roman Empire
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Emperor Theodosius was the emperor of Rome from 379 to 395 AD. He issued decrees that effectively made Nicene Christianity the official state church of the Roman Empire
