FEB. 7:  AUGUSTINE, THE FALL OF ROME, AND HISTORY

 

Augustine, fifth-century mosaic:

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Augustine in his study (Carpaccio)

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"Take and Read":  Augustine's Conversion (Gozzoli)

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Augustine's baptism (Gozzoli)

 

The Sack of Rome, 410 AD

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The Scourge of God:  Attila the Hun in modern imagination

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Augustine:  Don't worry about the things of this world...

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...look rather to the heavenly city.

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The death of Augustine (Gozzoli)