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c. 73 BCE - 4 BCELife of Herod the Great, king of Judea.
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c. 6 BCE - c. 30 CELife of Jesus Christ.
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26 CE - 36 CEJesus of Nazareth is crucified during the reign of Pontius Pilate in Judea.
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c. 36 CE - c. 40 CECall of Paul, the apostle.
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42 CE - 62 CEPaul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.
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c. 49 CEPaul the Apostle visits Philippi in Macedon.
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c. 50 CE - c. 70 CEThe early Christian document the Didache is composed.
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c. 50 CE - c. 60 CEEstablishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.
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c. 50 CE - c. 60 CELetters of Paul.
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60 CEAn early Christian community is established at Gortyn, Crete.
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64 CEUnofficial persecution of Christians in Rome.
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64 CEThe great fire in Rome.
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c. 65 CE - c. 100 CEThe tales of the life and work of Jesus (gospels) composed.
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66 CE - 73 CEThe Jewish Revolt against Rome.
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c. 69 CE - c. 70 CEThe Gospel of Mark.
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70 CEThe city of Jerusalem is besieged and captured by Rome; the Second Temple destroyed.
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c. 85 CEThe Gospel of Matthew.
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c. 95 CEThe Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles.
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202 CEThe earliest record of a Christian church at Edessa.
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c. 239 CE - c. 330 CELife of Saint Gregory the Illuminator who is credited with bringing Christianity to Armenia (dates disputed).
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249 CE10 Christians are famously martyred at Gortyn in a wild animal hunt.
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c. 300 CE - c. 350 CEChristian Basilica built at Nemea.
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c. 300 CE - c. 400 CEChristianization of Lutetia.
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312 CERoman emperor Constantine I tolerates Christianity.
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c. 314 CEArmenia adopts Christianity as the state religion.
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c. 330 CE - c. 379 CELife of Basil Great, one of the founding fathers of the Eastern Christian Church and Byzantine Monasteries.
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391 CEEmperor Theodosius I closes pagan temples.
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c. 397 CESaint Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland, rise of literacy and written history.
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418 CECompletion of Orosius' famous work Seven Books of History Against the Pagans.
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8 Oct 451 CE - 1 Nov 451 CEFourth Ecumenical Council takes place in Chalcedon, determining that Jesus Christ had two distinct natures and wills, perfectly united.
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500 CEAmphipolis becomes an important Christian centre and has four basilicas.
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503 CEClovis converts to Christianity.
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506 CEFirst Council of Dvin establishes that the Armenian Church did not recognize the Fourth Ecumenical Council.
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532 CE - 537 CEHagia Sophia is built anew in Constantinople.
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608 CEThe Pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian church.
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691 CE - 692 CEByzantine emperor Justinian II convenes the Council in Trullo to decide on rules for Christians.
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862 CECouncil of Sirakawan between the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox Churches discuss Christological issues in an effort to reunify, although ultimately unsuccessful.