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The Church Fathers · 417–418
Seven Books of History Against the Pagans
Orosius · c. 375–c. 420
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What it is
A world history commissioned by Augustine to prove that the pre-Christian past was at least as full of catastrophe as the present.
Why it lasted
The standard textbook of universal history in the medieval West, translated into Old English by King Alfred's circle.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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