de civitate dei contra paganos
The Doctor of Grace's masterwork seems to refute my thesis: a sustained and powerful work of apologetics
- Post Edict of Thessalonica (380. establishment of Christianity)
- Post Sack of Rome (410. Visigoths)
- Decline of Roman Empire blamed on Christians1
- Vocal call to return to Roman Civil Religion / ancient cultus
1 well, the Arians vs. Orthodox and other internal conflicts couldn't have helped