Part I A son of Thagaste: Thagaste; Monica; a Numidian childhood; Carthage; from Cicero to Mani; a Manichaean rhetor between Thagaste and Carthage; first achievements; between Rome and Milan; Ambrose; intellectual conversation; conversion of the will; classiciacum; Ostia; a second season in Rome; Otium at Thagaste. Part II The Bishop of Hippo: Hippo Regius priesthood; donatism; elevation to the episcopacy; the confessions; a monk in his monasteries; a bishop in his churches; at Hippo; a bishop in his diocese; a bishop in the world of his time; the unity of the church; the Carthage conference of 411; dialogue with the Pagans. Part III The doctor of grace: Pelagius; 418-419; seek his face evermore; the city of God; Julian of Eclanum; death and the hereafter.

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Serge Lancel is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Grenoble. His other books include Carthage: A Cultural History and Hannibal.

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