Chronology

(Some birth or death dates are approximate)

203 deaths of Perpetua and Felicitas in Carthage

251–356 Antony of Egypt

254 death of Origen

313 Emperor Constantine decrees religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire

325 Council of Nicaea

325–380 Macrina

325–410 Marcella

331–385 Gregory of Nyssa

340 birth of Melania the elder

347 births of Paula the elder and of Jerome

364 Valens, supporter of Arian Christians, becomes emperor

368–431 Palladius

around 368 birth of Eustochium

379 Melania the elder settles in Jerusalem; Council of Antioch

380 The Emperors Theodosius and Gratian decree Christianity to be official religion of the Roman Empire

383 birth of Melania the younger

386 Jerome, Paula the elder and Eustochium settle in Bethlehem

around 400 birth of Paula the younger

404 death of Paula the elder

410 Sack of Rome by Alaric and the Visigoths; Melania the younger and her husband Pinianus flee to North Africa; death of Melania the elder

417 Melania the younger and Pinianus settle in Jerusalem

419 deaths of Eustochium and (before 419) Laeta

420 death of Jerome

436 Melania the younger visits Constantinople

439 death of Melania the younger