Staat und Gesellschaft in Augustinus' »De civitate dei«

The reading contains selected texts from Augustine's writing 'De civitate dei'. In 410, Rome, the invincible city, was sacked by the Visigoths - but what was the cause of Rome's downfall? For many Romans it was clear: Christianity was to blame. Augustine turns against this accusation and gives us insights into society at the end of the Western Roman Empire and into the political thinking of early Christianity.