SULPICIUS |
Sulpicius Severus, of Aquitania, gave up a brilliant career as advocate and orator, to devote himself to the Christian priesthood and an ascetic life, and wrote, between 400 and 405 A.D., a short history of the Old Testament and the Christian Church in two volumes, entitled Chronica. It is a work executed on the model of Sallust and Tacitus, and displays great industry and stylistic finish. |
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