Augustine of Hippo
354 – 430 · 76 years · Hippo Regius · Africa
Church Father and author of the Confessions and The City of God, whose ideas shaped Western theology for centuries.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Attila — ruler of the Huns, 52 years younger
Africa
- Hypatia — mathematician and philosopher, 6 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 365 Crete earthquake and tsunami — aged 11, Europe
- 395 Division of the Roman Empire — aged 41, Europe
- c. 405 Mesrop Mashtots creates the Armenian alphabet — aged 51, Middle East
- 410 Sack of Rome by the Visigoths — aged 56, Europe
- c. 427 Founding of Nalanda — aged 73, Asia