Augustine of Hippo was born on 13 November 354 CE in Thagaste. A Christian theologian and philosopher, Augustine was born in Thagaste in Roman North Africa and became a teacher of rhetoric. After a period as a follower of Manichaeism and a spiritual crisis, he converted to Christianity in Milan and later became bishop of Hippo. His Confessions are a famous account of his life and search for God, and The City of God, written after the sack of Rome in 410, presents a Christian view of history. His writings on grace, sin and free will shaped Western Christianity, Catholic and Protestant alike. He is a saint and a Doctor of the Church. He died while the Vandals were besieging Hippo.
Before and after
- 339 CEBirth of Ambrose
- 344 CEBattle of Singara
- 345 CEBirth of Jerome
- 349 CEBirth of John Chrysostom
- 13 November 354 CEBirth of Augustine of Hippo
- 360 CEBirth of Hypatia
- from March 363 CE to July 363 CEJulian's Persian expedition
- 371 CEBattle of Bagavan
- from 375 CE to 568 CEMigration Period
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- c. 375 BCEWriting of the Allegory of the Cave
- June 313 CEEdict of Milan
- 381 CEFirst Council of Constantinople
- from 22 June 431 CE to 31 July 431 CEFirst Council of Ephesus
- 1 November 451 CECouncil of Chalcedon
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