Great Persecution
The last and harshest persecution of Christians in Rome
In February 303 Diocletian issued the first edict against the Christians at Nicomedia: churches were destroyed, scriptures burned and Christians stripped of their rights. In the East the persecution lasted until 311–313 and ended with Galerius's edict of toleration and the Edict of Milan.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 293 Diocletian establishes the Tetrarchy — 10 years earlier
- 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge — 9 years later
- 313 Edict of Milan — 10 years later
Africa
- c. 320 Pachomius founds the first communal monastery — 17 years later
Asia
- 280 Jin reunifies China — 23 years earlier
- c. 320 Founding of the Gupta Empire — 17 years later
Alive at the time
- Constantine the Great (aged 31)
- Anthony the Great (aged 52)