History for the RomanCatholic

Four tracks, one story

Timeline

Each lesson sits in its main track. Dots in the other lanes show where it also belongs.

The Kingdom753 BC – 509 BC

753 BCThe Founding of Rome — Romulus & RemusPlaceholder: the first lesson. Rome's founding legend, and what archaeology says about it.

The Republic509 BC – 27 BC

Lessons to come.

The Principate27 BC – AD 284

Lessons to come.

The Late EmpireAD 284 – AD 476

AD 272–337Constantine the GreatThe emperor who ended the persecution of Christians, called the first ecumenical council, and gave the Church its first monumental buildings.
AD 312Battle of the Milvian BridgeConstantine defeated Maxentius after a reported divine sign, and Christianity's path to imperial favor began.
AD 313The "Edict" of MilanAn agreement between Constantine and Licinius that granted religious freedom to all and returned confiscated property to Christians.

Byzantium & the Early Medieval WestAD 476 – AD 800

Lessons to come.

The Holy Roman Empire & Medieval ChurchAD 800 – 1453

Lessons to come.

Renaissance, Reformation & Baroque1453 – 1806

Lessons to come.

The Modern Church & Neoclassical West1806 – today

Lessons to come.