Timeline of Romes relationship with Christianity

c.2100 BCE Calling of Abraham - the Father of the Jewish nation

c.1010 BCE David becomes king of Israel, making Jerusalem his capital
c.330 BCE Conquest by Alexander the Great. Rise of Hellenism (Greek
culture)
c.250 BCE Work begins to translate the Old Testament from Hebrew
into Greek
63 BCE Roman rule of Israel begins
c.4 BCE Birth of Jesus Christ, in Bethlehem
c.30 CE Death of Jesus Christ
c.67-68 CE Apostles Peter and Paul martyred in the reign of the Roman
emperor Nero.
70 Jewish rebellion against the Roman empire ends. Destruction of the
temple in Jerusalem.
From 70 Centre of Christianity moves to Antioch, Alexandria and Rome.
161-80 Widespread persecution of Christians under Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius.
249-251 and 284-305 Severe persecution of Christians under Roman
emperors Decius and Diocletian
301 Armenia becomes the world's first country to officially adopt
Christianity as the state religion.
312 Roman emperor Constantine receives a vision of a flaming cross
with the words In hoc signo vinces (meaning By this sign conquer). He
goes to battle with a symbol of a cross and defeats his foe
313 Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan, legalizing
Christianity within the Roman empire
380 Emperor Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of
the Roman Empire