Roman Religion Timeline

Beginning of the Roman Saturnalia festival according to Livy (although there is evidence it was a much older tradition).

The first temple to Venus is dedicated on Rome's Aventine Hill.

The Romans adopt the Greek god of medicine Asclepius by stealing his sacred snake from Epidaurus and setting up a temple on the Tiber Island.

A shrine is dedicated to Minerva on the Aventine in Rome.

The Temple of Hercules is built at Ostia.

The Roman Senate bans the Cult of Bacchus.

First Roman all-marble building is constructed, the temple of Jupiter Stater in Rome.

Mithraism spreads in the Roman empire.

The Temple of Rome and Augustus is built at Ostia.

Paul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.

Establishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.

Unofficial persecution of Christians in Rome.

The Jewish Revolt against Rome.

First documented martydom in the Colosseum of Rome, that of St. Ignatius of Antioch.

The Pantheon is completed in Rome.

Reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian.

Reign of Roman Emperor Constantine I.

The Edict of Milan enacted by Constantine I.

Roman Emperor Constantine I calls the Council of Nicaea.

The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian church.