BSN: DATES

NTBF Index

• 312 – Constantine converts.
• 313 – The Edict of Milan (established toleration for Christianity and for all religions)
• 313 – The first edition of Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius is published. (Source: Wikipedia article on the book)
• 323/324 – The final edition of Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius is published (Source: Wikipedia article on the book)
• 325 – The First Council of Nicaea 
• 337 – Constantine dies.
• 339 -Eusebius dies.
• 367 – Athanasius publishes Festal Letter 39.
• 380 – “Christianity was declared the state religion of the Roman Empire on February 27, 380 CE, when Emperor Theodosius I issued the Edict of Thessalonica. This decree, signed in the presence of Western Roman Emperor Valentinian II, established the Christianity of the First Council of Nicaea as the official state religion of the Roman Empire. It banned all other religions.” (Source: Perplexity AI)
• 408-410 –   “St. Augustine of Hippo wrote Contra Faustum Manichaeum between 408 and 410. The work is a 33-book reply to Faustus’ Capitula, which was likely written between 386 and 390. Augustine wrote Contra Faustum in response to Faustus’ attack on the Old and New Testaments, which went beyond the work of Adimantus, an opponent of Augustine’s. Augustine’s work laid out the foundation for his doctrine of Jewish witness.” (Source: Google AI answering “When did Saint Augustine write Contra Faustum?”)
• 476 – The fall of the western Roman empire, marking the end of classical antiquity. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire persisted through the Middle Ages until 1453.