Augustine of Hippo died on 28 August 430 CE in Hippo Regius, aged 75. 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
- 24 August 410 CEAlaric and the Visigoths sack Rome
- from 420 CE to 589 CENorthern and Southern dynasties
- 25 March 421 CEFounding of Venice
- from 429 CE to 442 CEVandal conquest of Roman Africa
- 28 August 430 CEDeath of Augustine of Hippo
- from 22 June 431 CE to 31 July 431 CEFirst Council of Ephesus
- from 435 CE to 437 CEBurgundian Revolt of Gunther
- from 439 CE to 442 CEVandal War (439-442)
- c. 450 CEConstruction of Takht-e Soleyman
More in Art, literature & culture
- 26th century BCEThe Great Sphinx
- c. 430s BCEHerodotus writes the Histories
- 2nd century BCEVenus de Milo
- c. 20 BCEVirgil's Aeneid is published
- c. 4 BCENativity of Jesus
- 325 CEFirst Council of Nicaea
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