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| | | Germanicus, nephew and heir of the emperor Tiberius, dies when far away with the army in Syria | |
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| c. 48 |
| | | St Paul, taking ship to Cyprus, begins the first of his great missionary journeys | |
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| c. 48 |
| | | St Paul, on his travels within the Roman empire, begins converting non-Jews (or Gentiles) to the new Christian faith | |
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| c. 50 |
| | | A western adaptation of the Persian cult of Mithras, evolving probably in Anatolia, is spread through the empire by the Roman army | |
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| c. 75 |
| | | The Acts of the Apostles are written, probably by Luke – the evangelist and companion of Paul on his final journey to Rome | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt | |
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| 117 |
| | | Hadrian, governing Syria when he is declared emperor, is confident enough to delay almost a year before returning to Rome | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Goths split into two major groups, the Visigoths northwest of the Black Sea and the Ostrogoths further east | |
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| 274 |
| | | The emperor Aurelian, grateful for the apparent assistance of a Syrian sun god, establishes the cult of the Unconquered Sun - whose birthday is December 25 | |
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| c. 300 |
| | | The Jews of the Diaspora have by now spread through much of the Roman empire, where they are treated with tolerance | |
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