I'm struggling to get started with "The Confessions". The Introduction alone quickly turned into what I call "word soup", and this is troubling because the introduction was written by a more modern writer.
Adeodatus - Augustine's son by an unnamed mistress
Patricius - Augustine's father
Dates
- November 13, 354: birthdate
- Around 372: birth of Adeodatus
- 383: Moved to Rome
- 384: Moved to Milan
- 388: Moved back to Africa
- 391: Ordained as a priest
- 395: Made a Bishop
Places
- Thagaste: birthplace
- The Huns invaded Europe around 360
- The Roman empire was split and ruled by Valens and Valentinian. Valens was defeated and killed by the Visigoths in 378.
- Visigoths led by Alaric conquered Greece
Grammar Stage - First reading
Augustine was born in North Africa, in what would be Tunisia or Algeria now. This was about 200 years before the birth of Islam.