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TEXTS
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CONTEXTS
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100 The four Gospels of the life and sayings of Jesus and
the Acts of the Apostles are complete
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117–138 Hadrian emperor
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131–134 Jewish revolt against Roman rule; Jews expelled from
Palestine in 134
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138–161 Antoninus Pius emperor
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161–180 Marcus Aurelius emperor
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ca. 200–300 Systematic effort by the Roman empire to destroy
Christianity fails
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284–305 Diocletian emperor
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303–311 Last persecution of Christians
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312–337
Constantine emperor |
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313 Constantine issues Edict of Milan, declaring toleration of
all religions
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330 Constantine moves capital of the Roman empire to Byzantium,
renaming the city Constantinople
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Final canon of the New Testament of the Christian bible
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387 Augustine baptized as a Christian
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ca. 393–405 Jerome translates the Bible into Latin
397 Augustine begins Confessions
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391 Christianity becomes official religion of the Roman empire;
pagan religions outlawed
395 The Roman empire is permanently divided into the Eastern
empire, based in Constantinople, and the Western empire, based in Rome
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410 Rome sacked by Alaric and the Visigoths
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455 Rome invaded by Vandals
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476 Last emperor of the Western empire is deposed by Odoacer,
king of Heruli
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