Chronological Table

Emperors of Rome.		Rabbis of the Academies.
Antoninus Pius	138	Rabbi Mair and Simon b. Yochai flourished	140
Marcus Aurelius	161	Jehuda ha-Nasi, Pres. of Sanhedrin	165
Commodus	180	Jehuda ha-Nasi compiles Mishna	189
Alexander Severus	222-235	Rab opens Academy at Sora	220
Diocletian	284	Mar Samuel, Judge at Nehardea, about	225
Constantine	320	Academy of Pumbaditha	247
Constantius	337-363	Rab Huna dies	297
Neo-Persian Dynasty 226
Constantine’s anti-Jewish decrees 315
Council of Nicea widens gulf between Judaism and Christianity 325