Christianity in late antiquity
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The history of late ancient Christianity traces Christianity during the Christian Roman Empire - the period from the rise of Christianity under Emperor Constantine (c. 313), until the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (c. 476). The end of this period is variable because the transformation to the sub-Roman period was gradual and occurred at different times in different areas. It may generally be dated as lasting to the late sixth century and the re-conquests of Justinian, though a more traditional date is 476, the year that Romulus Augustus, traditionally considered the last western emperor, was deposed.
Christianity began spread initially in the Near East, ultimately becoming the state religion of Armenia in either 301 or 314, of Ethiopia in 325, of Georgia in 337, and then the state religion of the Roman Empire in 380 (see Edict of Thessalonica).
See also
- History of Christianity
- Timeline of Christianity
- Rise of Christianity during the Fall of Rome
- History of the Roman Catholic Church
- History of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- History of Christian theology
- History of Oriental Orthodoxy
- Timeline of Christian missions
- Ante-Nicene Period
- Church Fathers
- List of Church Fathers
- Christian monasticism
- Patristics
- Development of the New Testament canon
- Christianization
- History of Calvinist-Arminian debate
