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In The City of God (De Civitate Dei), St Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the recent sack of Rome (AD410), to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. This edition of Books I & II provides Latin text with facing-page translation, introduction and commentary.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations and Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK I
TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK II
Appendices:
I. Retractationes 2.69
II. Letter to Firmus
III. Suicide, Roman and Christian
COMMENTARY ON BOOK I
COMMENTARY ON BOOK II
Indices
I. Scripture
II. General

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 3/7/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780856687532, 978-0856687532
      ISBN10: 0856687537
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical History of ideas

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In The City of God (De Civitate Dei), St Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the recent sack of Rome (AD410), to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. This edition of Books I & II provides Latin text with facing-page translation, introduction and commentary.

      Trade Review
      'This is a very useful introduction to Augustine in Latin.'
      Jennifer Milligan, JACT Review, 2006
      ‘...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.’
      Bryn Mawr Classical Review

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Abbreviations and Bibliography
      INTRODUCTION
      TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK I
      TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK II
      Appendices:
      I. Retractationes 2.69
      II. Letter to Firmus
      III. Suicide, Roman and Christian
      COMMENTARY ON BOOK I
      COMMENTARY ON BOOK II
      Indices
      I. Scripture
      II. General

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