Timeline 2: AD 65 to AD 410

Dated sequence

1. AD 65
   John at Ephesus

   Johannine tradition is associated with Ephesus.

   church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY

2. AD 70
   Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus

   Roman forces destroy the city and Second Temple.

   atlas_event · PLEIADES, CAMBRIDGE_ANCIENT

3. AD 92
   Ignatius of Antioch

   Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

   church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

4. AD 95
   Apocalypse — Beast, Babylon and the Kingdom of Christ

   The Apocalypse is compared with Daniel in the patristic stream of tradition without presenting later speculative systems as binding doctrine.

   atlas_event · BIBLE, IRENAEUS_DANIEL, AUGUSTINE_CITY_20

5. AD 95
   persecutionen unter Domitian

   One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

   church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

6. AD 105
   Papermaking in the Han Empire

   Key event in world history: Papermaking in the Han Empire.

   atlas_event · CHGIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

7. AD 112
   Trajanische Rechtslage gegen Christen

   One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

   church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

8. AD 117
   Greatest extent of the Roman Empire

   Under Trajan the empire reaches approximately its greatest territorial extent.

   atlas_event · PLEIADES, CAMBRIDGE_ANCIENT

9. AD 120
   Gnostic systems

   Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

   church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

10. AD 140
    Marcionism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

11. AD 140
    Polycarp of Smyrna

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

12. AD 150
    Justin Martyr

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

13. AD 160
    Montanism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

14. AD 175
    Irenaeus of Lyons

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

15. AD 177
    Maertyrer von Lyon

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

16. AD 195
    Tertullian

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

17. AD 203
    persecution unter Septimius Severus

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

18. AD 220
    End of the Han dynasty

    Key event in world history: End of the Han dynasty.

    atlas_event · CHGIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

19. AD 230
    Origen

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

20. AD 235
    persecution unter Maximinus Thrax

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

21. AD 243
    Cyprian of Carthage

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

22. AD 250
    Decische persecution

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

23. AD 250
    Novatianism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

24. AD 257
    Valerianische persecution

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

25. AD 270
    Anthony and Egyptian monasticism

    Religious or monastic tradition with its own spiritual, missionary or scholarly historical impact.

    church_history · CE_RELIGIOUS_LIFE, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

26. AD 301
    Armenia adopts Christianity

    Armenia becomes the first kingdom to adopt Christianity officially.

    atlas_event · PLEIADES, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

27. AD 303
    Grosse persecution unter Diokletian

    One of the major ancient periods of persecution; places and intensity differed regionally.

    church_history · EUSEBIUS_CHURCH_HISTORY, CE_CHURCH_HISTORY

28. AD 306
    Synod of Elvira

    Important local, regional, or apostolic council/synod; not automatically classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

29. AD 311
    Donatism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

30. AD 313
    Agreement of Milan

    Persecution of Christians in the empire largely ends; the Church gains freedom.

    atlas_event · PLEIADES, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

31. AD 313
    Agreement of Milan and end of the Great Persecution

    Church-historical reference point in the synchronous world-history atlas.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

32. AD 314
    Council of Arles

    Important local, regional, or apostolic council/synod; not automatically classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

33. AD 318
    Arianism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

34. AD 320
    Pachomian communal monasticism

    Religious or monastic tradition with its own spiritual, missionary or scholarly historical impact.

    church_history · CE_RELIGIOUS_LIFE, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

35. AD 325
    1st Ecumenical Council: Nicaea I

    Ecumenical council in the Catholic conciliar series; dogmatic and disciplinary acts are linked through the source registry.

    church_history · VATICAN_COUNCILS, CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

36. AD 325
    First Council of Nicaea

    The council confesses the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father.

    atlas_event · PLEIADES, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

37. AD 330
    Constantinople becomes imperial capital

    The new imperial city shapes the eastern empire and Church history.

    atlas_event · PLEIADES

38. AD 341
    Dedication Council of Antioch

    Important local, regional, or apostolic council/synod; not automatically classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

39. AD 343
    Council of Sardica

    Important local, regional, or apostolic council/synod; not automatically classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

40. AD 345
    Athanasius of Alexandria

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

41. AD 350
    Hilary of Poitiers

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

42. AD 355
    Basil the Great

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

43. AD 360
    Apollinarianism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

44. AD 365
    Gregory of Nazianzus

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

45. AD 370
    Gregory of Nyssa

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

46. AD 375
    Ambrose of Milan

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

47. AD 380
    Edict of Thessalonica

    Church-historical reference point in the synchronous world-history atlas.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

48. AD 380
    Jerome

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

49. AD 381
    2nd Ecumenical Council: Constantinople I

    Ecumenical council in the Catholic conciliar series; dogmatic and disciplinary acts are linked through the source registry.

    church_history · VATICAN_COUNCILS, CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

50. AD 381
    First Council of Constantinople

    Ecumenical council in Church history: First Council of Constantinople.

    atlas_event · WHG, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

51. AD 382
    Council of Rome 382

    Important local or regional council/synod; not classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

52. AD 385
    John Chrysostom

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

53. AD 393
    Synod of Hippo 393

    Important local or regional council/synod; not classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

54. AD 395
    Augustine of Hippo

    Church Father or ecclesiastical writer in the intellectual and dogmatic context of his age.

    church_history · JEROME_VIRIS, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

55. AD 395
    Permanent division of the Roman Empire

    Key event in world history: Permanent division of the Roman Empire.

    atlas_event · PLEIADES, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

56. AD 397
    Council of Carthage

    Important local, regional, or apostolic council/synod; not automatically classified as an ecumenical council.

    church_history · CE_GENERAL_COUNCILS

57. AD 410
    Pelagianism

    Doctrinal controversy or rupture that occasioned ecclesial definition, synods, controversial literature or lasting divisions.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

58. AD 410
    Sack of Rome and Augustine’s City of God

    Church-historical reference point in the synchronous world-history atlas.

    church_history · CE_CHURCH_HISTORY, KATHOLON_SYNTHESIS

Method and limits

Items are ordered by their recorded year. Coincidence in the same window does not by itself establish causation. Church, political and atlas records retain their source classes and IDs.