Important Facts
Symbols
Important Places
Potpourri
100

Year of the signing of the Edict of Milan

313 AD

100

The symbol representing the name of Christ.  

Fish

100

Underground burial places for important people

Catacombs 

100

The ancient christian churches were based on what structures

Roman tribunals

200

Year of the fall of the Western Roman Empire

476 AD

200

The symbol representing peace

Dove

200

The nameof the basilica with the mosaics of the emperor and the empress

Basilica of San Vitale

200

Early Christians had to hide their faith to avoid this.

Persecution

300

Caused the signing of the Edict of Milan

The conversion of the emperor to Christianity 

300

The symbol of a man surrounded by sheep

The good shepard

300

The space where church goers sit inside of the church

The nave

300

Devout christians would take long _____________ to get rid of their sins

Pilgrimages

400

The capital of the western Roman empire

Ravenna 

400

The symbol representing the resurrection.

Peacock 

400

The basilica dedicated to the first pope

The basilica of Saint Peter

400

The crusades were the way to relieve Christians from this group of people. 

Muslims

500

The name of the emperor and empress featured in mosaics in Ravenna 

Guistantino and Teodora

500

The reason gold was used in mosaics. 

To represent God's light

500

The places where you could walk, located on the sides of the nave inside the church

The aisles 

500

The horizontal parts of the church that intersected the nave

Transept

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