B.C.
4 THE BIRTH OF JESUS
A.D.
14 Augustus dies
14 Tiberius becomes Roman emperor
26 Jesus begins to teach; He characterizes rabbinic teaching (the Mishna) as "vain tradition'
30 Jesus crucified and raised from the dead
30 Full Pentecost; the Christian church is born
37 Caligula becomes Roman emperor
40 Gentiles are added to the church with the conversion of Cornelius
41 Claudius becomes Roman emperor
42 Antioch becomes the new center of church activity
43 Theudas claims to be Messiah and is executed
54 Nero becomes Roman emperor
59 The apostle Paul is imprisoned at Caesarea
60 Paul appears before Agrippa
61 Paul a prisoner at Rome
66 The Jews of Judea revolt against Rome
68 Paul martyred at Rome
69 Jerusalem beseiged by the Romans
69 Jochanan ben Zakkai seeks an audience with Vespasian
69 Vespasian becomes Roman emperor
70 Jerusalem falls; the Temple burned; the Jews deported
73 The last stand of the Jewish rebels at Masada
79 Titus becomes Roman emperor
81 Domitian becomes Roman emperor
96 Nerva becomes Roman emperor
98 Trajan becomes Roman emperor
113 Rome goes to war with Parthia
116 A further Jewish revolt against Rome is suppressed with great severity
117 Hadrian becomes Roman emperor
132 Bar Kochba claims to be Messiah and leads a revolt against Rome
132 Judea depopulated and the Jews denationalized by the Romans
138 Antoninus Pius becomes Roman emperor
150 Tertullian born