Orosius

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Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.

All labels observed (4)

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Orosius canonical 2
Orosius (Old English translation) 1
Orosius’s Histories 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian apologist
Christian historian
Late Antique historian
Latin writer
theologian
approximateDateOfBirth late 4th century
approximateDateOfDeath after 418 CE
associatedWith Bethlehem
Hippo Regius
North Africa
centuryOfActivity 5th century
chronologicalScopeOfMainWork from Creation to his own time
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
educatedBy Augustine of Hippo
era Late Antiquity
floruit early 5th century
fullName Orosius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Paulus Orosius
genre Christian apologetic history
universal history
givenName Paulus
hasInfluenced Venerable Bede
surface form: Bede

Isidore of Seville
later universal chronicles
medieval Christian historiography
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo
Christian biblical tradition
Eusebius of Caesarea
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
movement Latin Church Fathers
notableWork Historiarum Adversus Paganos
surface form: Historiae adversus paganos

Historiarum Adversus Paganos
numberOfBooksInMainWork 7
occupation historian
priest
theologian
placeOfOrigin Hispania (probable)
surface form: Hispania

Iberian Peninsula
purposeOfWork defense of Christianity against pagan critics
to show that disasters were not caused by Christianity
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
theologicalView Christian interpretation of Roman history
providence guides history
titleOfWork Historiarum Adversus Paganos
surface form: Historiarum Adversus Paganos Libri VII
tradition Western Christianity
workSubject Christian apologetics
Roman history
providence in history
world history

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Anglo-Saxon literature notableWork Orosius
this entity surface form: Orosius (Old English translation)
Battle of Aquae Sextiae primarySource Orosius
this entity surface form: Orosius’s Histories
Orosius fullName Orosius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paulus Orosius
Serena sourceMention Orosius