1 AD - A Jew named Jesus is spared from being a first born blood sacrifice by his parents, Mary and Joseph, who - being peasants are ignorant of astronomy see a star in the east and proclaim it a miracle sparing the child to be sacrificed to Yaweh.
2 AD - This decree of Augustus was issued around the year 2 CE and applied to Jewish communities within the province of Asia (western Turkey). Under the decree, any thief of sacred monies from the synagogues and their annexes was to be condemned as "sacrilegious"--or ...This decree of Augustus was issued around the year 2 CE and applied to Jewish communities within the province of Asia (western Turkey). Under the decree, any thief of sacred monies from the synagogues and their annexes was to be condemned as "sacrilegious"--or more literally, as a "temple robber" (hierosylon). The charge and the punishment are equivalent to those issued against robbers of monies from polytheistic temples during this period. (Note in history that Jewish Temples are existing with tolerance with polytheistic Temples. Unable to find any murders by Jews at polytheistics. Hierarchy of Angels of Jews are similiar enough with Hierarchy of Gods to exist without friction.)
60 AD - There is also evidence of a number of temples dedicated to Gods such as Apollo, Proserpine and Juno at Marsaxlokk. The most significant event which occurred during this period is the arrival of St. Paul in 60 AD.
66 AD - During two ill-fated Jewish revolts against the Romans starting in AD 66 and 132 , Jerusalem was systematically destroyed. In 135, the emperor Hadrian razed the city and rebuilt it as Aelia Capitolina. It was a polytheistic city, complete with temples and worship. The northwest section was leveled and the entire topography radically changed. At least one Israeli archaeologist now believes it became the encampment for the Roman Tenth Legion.
70 AD - After the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD, Jews, particularly those exiled to Egypt, refused to pay the still-extant “temple tax” to Rome (which it was using to maintain polytheistic temples) ; Rome responded by destroying Jewish temples. Jesus was accused of promoting tax resistance prior to his torture and execution (“We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King” — Luke 23:2). After the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD, Jews, particularly those exiled to Egypt, refused to pay the still-extant “temple tax” to Rome (which it was using to maintain pagan temples) ; Rome responded by destroying Jewish temples.
111 AD - Pliny the Younger was appointed governor of Bithynia in AD 111. He did not approve of the Christian faith because it was negatively affecting the proceeds from polytheistic religion. The Polytheistic temples were becoming deserted. Pliny the Younger was appointed governor of Bithynia in AD 111. He did not approve of the Christian faith because it was negatively affecting the proceeds from polytheism. The sellers of sacrificial victims were finding few buyers. Pliny began to gather up all the so -called Christians and commanded them to pray to the Gods, burn incense before the image of the emperor, and curse Christ.
112 AD - In the year 112 AD a letter was written from, Pliny, the governor of Bythnia and to the Emperor Trajan. Pliny was concerned about the speed with which Christianity was spreading throughout the area. A major problem facing his province was the state of disrepair. In the year 112 AD a letter was written from, Pliny, the governor of Bythnia and to the Emperor Trajan. A major problem facing his province was the state of disrepair facing the pagan temples. Temple worship of the Roman Gods was advocated by the Empire. Money to sustain the upkeep of those temples was granted by “tithes” to the Gods.
120 AD - The inscription across the top refers to the building being built by Agrippa, but Hadrian wrote the inscription when he rebuilt it around 120 CE. Originally a polytheistic temple, the Pantheon became a church in 608, which is why it has survived relatively intact. Polytheistic temples were usually plundered to provide building materials for churches. Bronze from the Pantheon did end up inside St Peter's.
132 AD - The Romans made no such concession to the Samaritans, to whom religious liberties were denied, while their sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim was defiled, as part of measures were taken to suppress the resurgence of Samaritan nationalism. In 132 CE, the Emperor Hadrian changed the name of the province from Iudaea to Syria Palaestina and renamed Jerusalem "Aelia Capitolina" and built temples there to honor Jupiter.
135 AD - In the lower sections of the Church were discovered the foundations of the Roman emperor Hadrian's "Forum," in which his Temple of Aphrodite had been erected around AD 135. Hadrian followed Roman custom in building polytheistic temples and shrines. In the lower sections of the Church were discovered the foundations of the Roman emperor Hadrian's "Forum," in which his Temple of Aphrodite had been erected around AD135. Hadrian followed Roman custom in building polytheistic temples and shrines to supersede earlier religious structures. This was done at the site of the Jewish Temple, located not far from the Holy Sepulchre Church.
192 AD - HOWARD CROSBY BUTLER discusses the temple of Tyche, built in 192 AD,. at Sanamen, in Central Syria. This has at one end an apse, at each side of which is a room. This is exactly the arrangement of several early Christian churches in Syria. The standard plan of the Christian churches is derived and stolen from the polytheistic temples.
200 AD - Two of the columns are even held up by massive statues of the head of the Titan, Medusa. After the cistern we went over to the Hippodrome, the ancient Roman square built in 200 AD In its center is an Egyptian obelisk and some other ancient monuments. The ceiling was supported by columns scavenged from polytheistic temples all over the empire. After the cistern we went over to the Hippodrome, the ancient Roman square built in 200 AD In its center is an Egyptian obelisk and some other ancient monuments. This was also the location of the 4 bronze horses stolen by the Venetians.
250 AD - The city was adorned with many polytheistic temples; the main creed being that of Marnas . Other temples were dedicated to Zeus, Helios, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athene and the local Tyche. Christianity began to spread throughout Gaza in 250 CE. Other temples were dedicated to Zeus, Helios, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athene and the local Tyche. Conversion to Christianity in Gaza was accelerated under Saint Porphyrius between 396 and 420. In 402, he ordered all eight of the city's polytheistic temples destroyed, and four years later Empress Aelia Eudocia commissioned the construction of a church.
262 AD - In 262 AD the invading Goths destroyed the city and burned the temple. A smaller temple, built on its site, was destroyed by the Christians and the followers of the Goddess were persecuted. The Roman emperor commanded that all polytheistic temples be closed.
300 AD - The pulpit was introduced around 300 AD. It was part of the Polytheistic Temple that had great 'orators'. The pew was also introduced at the same time. This was when Constantine made Christianity legal and compulsory. They simply turned the Polytheistic Temples into churches and kept many of the polytheistic temple traditions such as a pulpit, one speaker, pews, altars, stage, etc. None of these items has previously anything to do with Christianity.
301 AD - The adoption of Christianity in Armenia in 301 AD resulted in the destruction of polytheistic temples and the pain & suffering of multitudes upon multitudes. The Dark Ages of the Christian Occupation begins.
304 AD - When Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, destroying Polytheistic temples became a state policy. In addition, two Hindoo temples as well became the object of their iconoclastic furies. The temples were built by an Indian colony settled in the Canton of Jaron on the upper Euphrates The Indians had built two temples with the images of deities 18 and 22 feet high. All destroyed.
312 AD - Before his conversion to Christianity in AD 312, Constantine had been an adherent of the solar cult. Constantine Christianity, whether genuine or inspired by political expediency, was expressed by a series of administrative and legal acts in favor of the Christian Church. As a Christian emperor ruling a predominantly polytheistic world, he was compelled to move slowly; until 324, when he became sole emperor after the defeat of Licinius.
314 The Council of Ancyra denounces the worship of Goddess Artemis.
324 The emperor Constantine declares Christianity as the only official religion of the Roman empire. In Dydima, Minor Asia, he sacks the Holy Oracle of the God Apollo and tortures the polytheistic priests to death. He also evicts all non-Christian peoples from Mount Athos and destroys all the local Hellenic temples.
326 Constantine, following the instructions of his mother Helen, destroys the temple of the God Asclepius in Aigeai of Cilicia and many temples of the Goddess Aphrodite in Jerusalem, Aphaca, Mambre, Phoenice, Baalbek, etc.
330 Constantine steals the treasures and statues of the polytheistic temples of Greece to decorate Nova Roma (Constantinople), the new capital of his Empire.
335 Constantine robs many polytheistic temples of Minor Asia and Palestine and orders the execution by crucifixion of "all magicians and soothsayers."
341 Flavius Julius Constantius persecutes "all the soothsayers and the Hellenists." Many Hellenes are either imprisoned or executed.
346 New large scale persecutions against non-Christian peoples in Constantinople. Banishment of the famous orator Libanius accused as a "magician".
353 An edict of Constantius orders the death penalty for all kinds of worship.
354 A new edict orders the closing of all the polytheistic temples. Some of them are profaned and turned into brothels or gambling rooms. Executions of of polytheistic priests continue month after month after month.
354 A new edict of Constantius orders the destruction of the polytheistic temples and the execution of all "idolaters". Burning of libraries in various cities of the empire. The first lime factories are being organized next to the closed polytheistic temples. A major part of the Holy architecture of the polytheistic temples turns to lime.
357 Constantius outlaws all methods of divination.
359 In Skythopolis, Syria, the Christians organize the first death camps for the torture and executions of the arrested non- Christians from all around the empire.
361 to 363 Religious tolerance and restoration of the pagan cults declared in Constantinople (11th December 361) by the noble pagan Emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus.
363 Assassination of Julianus (26th June).
364 Emperor Flavius Jovianus orders the burning of the Library of Antioch.
364 An Imperial edict (11th September) orders the death penalty for all those that worship their ancestral Gods or practice divination ("sileat omnibus perpetuo divinandi curiositas"). Three different edicts (4th February, 9th September, 23rd December) order the confiscation of all properties of the polytheistic temples and the death penalty for participation in polytheistic rituals, even private ones.
365 An Imperial edict (17th November) forbids the gentile (pagan) officers of the army to command Christian soldiers.
370 Valens orders a tremendous persecution of non-Christian peoples in all the Eastern Empire. In Antioch, among many other non-Christians, the ex-governor Fidustius and the priests Hilarius and Patricius are executed. Tons of books are burnt in the squares of the cities of the Eastern Empire. All the friends of Julianus are persecuted (Orebasius, Sallustius, Pegasius etc.), the philosopher Simonides is burned alive and the philosopher Maximus is decapitated.
372 Valens orders the governor of Minor Asia to exterminate all the Hellenes and all documents of their wisdom.
373 New prohibition of all divination methods.
375 The temple of God Asclepius in Epidaurus, Greece, is closed down by the Christians.
380 On 27th February, the cult of the dead man (Christianity) becomes the exclusive religion of the Roman empire by an edict of the emperor Flavius Theodosius.
