Timeline Flashcards
Remember dates that theologians, politicians and events in early Christianity
When did Socrates live?
470-399 BCE
When did Plato live?
429-347 BCE
When did Aristotle live?
384-322 BCE
When did Alexander the Great live?
356-323 BCE
When did Epicurus live?
341-270 BCE
When did Zeno found Stoicism?
300 BCE
When was Ignatius of Antioch born?
35 CE
When was Emperor Nero’s persecution of Christians in Rome?
64 CE
When was Polycarp of Smyrna born?
69 CE
When did Emperor Domitian persecute Christians in Rome?
96 CE
When was Justin Martyr born?
100 CE
When did Pliny the Younger write to Emperor Hadrian about torturing Christians?
124 CE
When was Iraneaus born?
130 CE
When was Tertullian born?
155 CE
When did Marcus Aurelius persecute Christians in Lyons?
177 CE
When was Origen born?
185 CE
When was the first general persecution of Christians? Who was it under?
202-203 CE, Emperor Septimius Severus
When was the second general persecution of Christians? Who was it under?
249-251 CE, Emperor Decius
When was the third general persecution of Christians? Who was it under?
257-259 CE, Emperor Valerian
When was the fourth general persecution of Christians? Who was it under?
274 CE, Emperor Aurelian
Emperor Diocletian’s rule?
284-305 CE
When was the fifth general persecution of Christians? Who was it under?
303-312 CE, Emperor Diocletian
Emperor Constantius I rule?
296-306 CE
When was Athanasius born?
296 CE
Emperor Constantine’s rule?
301-337
Edict of Milan? What was it’s significance?
313 CE, no more Christian persecutions
Edict of Nicaea? What was it’s significance? Who presided?
325 CE, developed the Nicene Creed, Constantine
