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| c. 60 |
| | | St Paul arrives in Rome a prisoner, but then spends two years freely preaching Christianity | |
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| c. 64 |
| | | Early Christian tradition states that both Peter and Paul meet death in Rome as martyrs, possibly as a result of the fire of AD 64 | |
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| c. 75 |
| | | The Acts of the Apostles are written, probably by Luke – the evangelist and companion of Paul on his final journey to Rome | |
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| c. 80 |
| | | The earliest of the Christian gospels, that of St Mark, is written down - possibly in Asia Minor or Syria | |
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| 177 |
| | | On the order of Marcus Aurelius, Christians in Lyons are tortured to death - an instance of persecution unusual at this time | |
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| c. 232 |
| | | A house in Doura-Europus is adapted for Christian worship - the earliest surviving example of its kind | |
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| c. 245 |
| | | Origen, living in Caesarea, compiles the Hexapla, displaying versions of the Old Testament in six columns for comparative study | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Christians of Rome use the catacombs as tomb chambers, and decorate the walls with murals on New Testament themes | |
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| 258 |
| | | Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, is one of many Christians martyred for refusing to sacrifice to the Roman gods | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | St Anthony, one of the early Christian hermits in the Egyptian desert, is tempted by terrifying hallucinations | |
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