The Classical WorldIdeas & Belief Ezana makes Aksum Christian c. 330 CEMajor King Ezana of Aksum converts to Christianity and puts the cross on his coins. Ethiopia became one of the oldest continuously Christian states. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Potter's wheel → The wheel → Spoke-wheeled chariot → Hittite Empire → Iron Age begins → Rome founded (traditional date) → Roman Republic founded → Caesar crosses the Rubicon → Roman Empire begins → Jesus of Nazareth crucified → Paul spreads Christianity → Edict of Milan → Ezana makes Aksum Christian Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comEzana (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickDocumentwhc.unesco.orgAksum (UNESCO World Heritage Centre) ↗Editor's pickBookStuart Munro-HayAksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeKing Ezana Aksum Christianity ↗Editor's pick