The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
Birth of Jesus ca. 7-4 B.C. | Peter and Paul killed in Rome 64 A.D. |
Everyone within the boundaries of the Roman Empire becomes a citizen 212 A.D. | Romans celebrate the first Millenium 247-248 A.D. |
Emperor Diocletian 284-305 A.D. | Edicts of Diocletian forbidding Christian worship 303-305 A.D. |
Emperor Constantine 306-337 A.D. | Edict of Toleration for Christians 313 A.D. |
Council of Nicaea 325 A.D. |
The Christian Empire struggles to survive
Huns arrive on the Don River 370 A.D. | Visigoths enter Empire 376 with permission of Emperor Valentinian I |
Battle of Adrianople 378 A.D. | Germanic tribes cross the Rhine 406 A.D. |
Vandals invade Roman Africa 430 A.D. | Rome is sacked by Vandals 455 A.D. |
Attila the Hun is defeated 451 A.D. | Last Roman Emperor in West Romulus Augustulus is killed 476 A.D. |
The Eastern Roman Empire expands its boundaries and its influence
Emperor Justinian I 527-565 | King of the Franks Clovis 481-511 |
Byzantine Reconquest of Italy and Western Mediterranean 536-555 | Lombards invade Italy 568-572 |
Constantinople is besieged by Avars 629 |