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 | Patterns of World History: Volume One: To 1600 with Sources (Reprint Edition) by Henry Bettenson (Translator), Augustine Of Hippo, Saint Augustine, G. R. Evans (Editor) Paperback, 1,184 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-14-044894-2 / 0140448942 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044894-8 / 9780140448948 Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-hand | |