page_title: Christianity in late antiquity
section_title: Church structure within the Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Christianity in late antiquity / Church structure within the Empire
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the spread of Christianity in Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa to the year AD 600. Spread of Christianity to AD 325 coloured in dark blue, to AD 600 coloured in light blue. &#160;&#160; Spread of Christianity to AD 325 &#160;&#160; Spread of Christianity to AD 600 Magyar: A kereszténység elterjedése: &#160;&#160; Kr. u. 325-ig &#160;&#160; 325 és 600 között Information obtained from Patrick O'Brien , ed. (2003) Atlas of World History, Category:New York&#58; &#32;Oxford University Press, pp.&#160;44-5 0-19-521921-X Map created and uploaded in the English Wikipedia by Geuiwogbil. Base map: "File:BlankMap-Europe-v3.png"
context_page_description: Christianity in late antiquity traces Christianity during the Christian Roman Empire – the period from the rise of Christianity under Emperor Constantine, until the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The end-date of this period varies because the transition to the sub-Roman period occurred gradually and at different times in different areas. One may generally date late ancient Christianity as lasting to the late 6th century and the re-conquests under Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, though a more traditional end-date is 476, the year in which Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustus, traditionally considered the last western emperor.
  Christianity began to spread initially from Roman Judaea without state support or endorsement. It became the state religion of Armenia in either 301 or 314, of Ethiopia in 325, and of Georgia in 337. With the Edict of Thessalonica it became the state religion of the Roman Empire in 380.
caption:   Spread of Christianity to AD 325   Spread of Christianity to AD 600
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