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Period: 60 to 68
Nero
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64
Great Fire of Rome; Nero launches persecutions of Christians
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Period: 69 to 79
Vespasian
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70
Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus
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81
Persecution under Domitian 81-96
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Period: 81 to 96
Domitian
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88
St. Clement l is Pope; restored the Sacrament of Confirmation according to the rite of St. Peter; martyred in 97
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Period: 98 to 117
Trajan
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110
St. Ignatius of Antioch martyred
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112
Trajan’s Rescript in response to Pliny
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115
St. Sixtus l is Pope; died in 125
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Period: 117 to 138
Hadrian
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123
Hadrian’s Rescript
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125
St. Telesphorus is Pope; martyred in 136; He composed the Gloria in Excelsis Deo
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Period: 138 to 161
Antoninus Pius
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150
St. Justin Martyr dedicates his First Apology
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155
St. Polycarp martyred
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161
St. Justin Martyr dedicates his Second Apology
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Period: 161 to 180
Marcus Aurelius
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180
St. Irenaeus writes Against Heresies
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196
Tertullian begins writing
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Period: 196 to 211
Sept. Severus
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203
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity are martyred in the arena at Carthage
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215
Origen (ca. 185-254) begins writing
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250
Edict of Decius
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257
Valerian
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Period: 285 to 305
Diocletian