Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . the fact that Rome had fallen into the hands of aninvading army was a notable disaster. The pagans explained iton the ground that the old gods were angry because so manypeople had deserted them and become Christians. St. Augustine,in his famous book, The City of God, took much pains to provethat the Roman gods had never been able on previous occasionsto prevent disaster to their worshipers, and that Christianity couldnot be held responsible for the trouble
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . the fact that Rome had fallen into the hands of aninvading army was a notable disaster. The pagans explained iton the ground that the old gods were angry because so manypeople had deserted them and become Christians. St. Augustine,in his famous book, The City of God, took much pains to provethat the Roman gods had never been able on previous occasionsto prevent disaster to their worshipers, and that Christianity couldnot be held responsible for the troubles of the time. Alaric died before he could find a satisfactory spot for hispeople to settle upon permanently. After his death the WestGoths wandered into Gaul, and then into Spain. Here theycame upon the Vandals, another German tribe, who hadcrossed the Rhine four years before Alaric had capturedRome. For three years they had devastated Gaul and then hadmoved down into Spain. For a time after the arrival in Spain ofthe West Goths, there was war between them and the West Goths seem to have got the best of their rivals, for.
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