The Throne That Outlasted Rome

In August of 410 AD, the unthinkable happened. Alaric and his Visigoths breached the walls of Rome — the city that had ruled the known world for centuries. Refugees streamed into North Africa carrying stories of burning temples and looted palaces. The empire that called itself eternal was dying. In Hippo, a sixty-six-year-old bishop named Augustine listened to their despair.…