Saint Augustine Writes The City of God
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Theology, Theologians, Saints, Prophets
- Curriculum: African History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Algeria
- Date: 413-427
Article abstract: Saint Augustine wrote The City of God, a key work that embodied the transformation from the humanistic, world-centered viewpoint of classical thought to the God-centered concept of eternity that characterized the Christian Middle Ages.
Summary of Event
Under their chieftain Alaric I, the Visigoths captured the city of Rome in August, 410 c.e. For almost eight hundred years, Rome had escaped the ravages of invaders, but at last the Germans succeeded where even Hannibal’s military genius had failed. The event was not totally unexpected....
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