Orosius

Historiae adversus paganos, 1561

Paulus Orosius (c. 375 - c. 418)[1] ƿæs crīsten stǣrƿrītere, dryhtƿeorþ ƿrītere, ƿita and Scte. Augustines lǣringmann. He ƿæs of Hispanie, ƿēnunga fram Bracara Augusta[2]. He lifde and ƿrāt æt þǣm ende þæs Rōmāniscan Ricum.

Orosius is cūþost for his bēc Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII ("Seofen Stærbēc ƿið þā Hǣðnas"), þa ƿrāt he ongēan þone gelēafan on folce þe þæs Rōmāniscan Rīces amolsnung ƿæs þȳ hit hæfde onfangen Cristendōm.

  1. David Rohrbacher, "Orosius," in The Historians of Late Antiquity (Routledge, 2002), pp. 135–137
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia - Paulus Orosius

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