Mind-Benders of Christian History
Augustine died with an enemy army at the gates
Augustine of Hippo spent his final months in his North African city of Hippo Regius as the Vandals besieged it; he died there in August 430, about three months into the siege. His great work The City of God had been begun years earlier, in response to the sack of Rome in 410.
How we know
Augustine 354–430, died 28 August 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo Regius; The City of God begun c. 413 after the sack of Rome (410).
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