Ad domanda gravia mala multarum gentium: Liberating or Repressing Rome? On Translating De Civitate Dei V, 13, 4-5
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.44.01Keywords:
translation, De civitate Dei, Augustine, providence, RomeAbstract
The brief article compares many modern translations of a key passage of De civitate Dei V and shows that the correct translation is the one which emphasizes Augustine’s negative concept of Rome, as it is proposed throughout this work