{"product_id":"augustine-de-civitate-dei-the-city-of-god-books-i-and-xii-paperback","title":"Augustine: The City of God Books I and II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAugustine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Books I \u0026amp; II of St Augustine's \u003ci\u003eThe City of God (De Civitate Dei)\u003c\/i\u003e is the only edition in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eP.G. Walsh was Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow, and a Latin scholar of international renown. His publications include \u003ci\u003eLivy: His Historical Aims and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e (1961) and \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (1970); editions of Augustine, \u003ci\u003eDe bono coniugali\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDe sancta uirginitate\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford); and translations of Paulinus of Nola (\u003ci\u003eLetters, Poems\u003c\/i\u003e) and of Cassiodorus, \u003ci\u003eExplanation of the Psalms\u003c\/i\u003e (Ancient Christian Writers). He edited the first sixteen books of Augustine's \u003ci\u003eDe Civitate Dei\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Books XXXVI-XL of Livy's \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e for the Aris \u0026amp; Phillips Classical Texts series. Livy is a main source of Augustine in these books of \u003ci\u003eThe City of God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.3 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151937278087,"sku":"9780856687532","price":98.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/28e87a133a773bc9fe28488d46ffd740.webp?v=1733210337","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/augustine-de-civitate-dei-the-city-of-god-books-i-and-xii-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}