[Persevero]

“Christianity “rose” in Asia,”

Could you not say it just as much rose in Rome? There were believers in Rome, apparently quite a going concern, for years before Paul’s death.

[Cronos]

I would not say "rose" -- for the simple reason that Jesus Christ lived and died in the East, the Apostles were from the East and the first Christians were in the East (Antioch).

Rome, etc - even Alexandria were where Christianity extended, matured, etc. but to say Christianity "rose" in the West is wrong.