Christianity emerges from Judea
The teachings and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, carried by missionaries like Paul across the empire, founded communities that became the Christian church.
Why it matters
A movement of the empire's margins became its dominant faith within three centuries — carried by roads, common Greek and networks of letters. Christian textual culture preserved and transmitted much classical learning after Rome.
People
Jesus of Nazareth · Paul the Apostle
Related events
Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica — Christianity