From the Birth of Jesus to the death of Emperor Constantine

INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PBS
4 BC THE BIRTH OF JESUS

Death of Herod the Great, ruler of Judea, Samaria, Galilee, and surrounding territories. King Herod had been the loyal to the Roman emperor Augustus.

6 AD

Territories of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea come under control as the Roman province of Judea.

14 AD

Augustus deified by the Roman Senate. (later dies; Tiberius succeeds him as emperor.)

25-27 AD

Ministry of John the Baptist (Pontius Pilate becomes Procurator of Judea.- Herod Antipas marries his brother's wife. )

29 AD

Death of Jesus

33-36 AD

(Stephan stoned 33 A.D).Saul of Tarsus, a Jew, comes to believe in Jesus as the Messiah and becomes the apostle Paul. (spends 3 years in Damascus)

37-47 AD

(36 A.D. Pilate butchers a group of Samaritans and is relieved of his position as Procurator for this act, and his treatment of Herod Agrippa; he commits suicide in Italy a year later. - In 37 A.D. Caiaphas is removed as High Priest by Pilate's successor Vitellius;)

41-48 AD

(41 A.D. Conversion of Cornelius. Caligula orders a statue of himself placed in the Temple at Jerusalem but is assassinated before the order is carried out. Claudius is declared emperor.) 48 A.D..At the Council of Jerusalem, the leaders of the new Christian movement, discuss Paul's mission to the Gentiles.

50 AD

Paul leaves Antioch and begins Aegean Mission. His letters to these congregations are the earliest documents now contained in the New Testament.

50-52 AD

Paul's first visit to Corinth; he writes his first letter to the Thessalonians. (50-52 Paul and Barnabas separate over young John Mark; Paul undertakes second missionary journey with Silas, and spends 18 months in Corinth. Mary, the mother of Jesus, dies in Ephesus.)

52 AD

Paul arrives in Ephesus; he writes a letter to the Galatians and his letter to the Corinthians.

54-55 AD

(Claudius poisoned and succeeded by Nero) Paul's imprisonment in Ephesus. He writes letters to the Philippians and to Philemon; he completes a second letter to the Corinthians.

55-56 AD

Paul writes a letter to the Christians in Rome in preparation for his future visit there.

58-60 AD

( Paul tried before Festus, appeals to Ceasar) -Paul imprisoned in Rome

60-65 AD

Death of Paul

60-68 AD

Death of Peter - James, brother of Jesus and head of the church in Jerusalem is stoned and clubbed to death. (Simeon, son of Cleopas, succeeds him. Books of Ephesians and Colossians written)

64 AD

Great Fire in Rome; Nero blames and executes Christians

66-70 AD

First Jewish Revolt against Rome. A feud between Jewish and Greek factions in the city of Ceasarea leads to fighting that quickly spreads throughout the region.

68 AD

Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakki seeks and receives permission from the Roman general and future emperor Vespasian to establish a new religious school in the coastal city of Jamnia. Modern Judaism. emerges.

68 AD

The emperor Nero's death launches a year of civil war in Rome. (a quick succession of emperors--Galba, Vitellius, Otho, and finally Vespasian.)

69-70 AD

Reign of the emperor Vespasian

70 AD

Fall of Jerusalem under leadership of Vespasian's son, Titus. - (The Romans cut down every tree in Israel and salt the land.-73 A.D. Masada taken)

70-100 AD

Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke (Luke-Acts) written.

77 AD

Josephus publishes "Wars of the Jews"

79-81 AD

Reign of the emperor Domitian (Vespasian's elder son who had burned the Temple and quelled the Jewish Revolt).

85 AD

"Curse against Heretics" or Birkath ha-minim added to Jewish synagogue benedictions, used to exclude Christians. ... (A sect that will impact Christianity arises in Pergamum known as the Nicolaitans. Taking their name from Nicholas of Antioch, an early church elder mentioned in the Book of Acts, they will promote a number of false doctrines. Their lasting impact will be to greatly elevate the priesthood above the laity which will give birth to the Catholic and Orthodox hierarchies.