Edict of Milan

Period

AD 313

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The Edict of Milan was the 13 February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum and, among other things, agreed to change policies towards Christians following the edict of toleration issued by Emperor Galerius two years earlier in Serdica. The Edict of Milan gave Christianity legal status and a reprieve from persecution but did not make it the state church of the Roman Empire, which occurred in 380 AD with the Edict of Thessalonica, when Nicene Christianity received normative status.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 753 BCFounding of Rome
2. 58–51 BCGallic Wars
3. 44 BCAssassination of Julius Caesar
4. AD 313Edict of MilanThis page
5. AD 313Edict of Milan
6. AD 410Visigothic sack of Rome
7. AD 476Fall of the Western Roman Empire

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