# Orosius: Great Defender of Christianity Against the Pagans — WHE Definition Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [January 23, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/orosius-great-defender-of-christianity-against-the-pagans-whe-definition-discussion/16709 "2026-01-23T17:00:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
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Paulus Orosius (usually given as Orosius, 5th century) was a Christian theologian and historian who was also a friend and protege of Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430). He is best known for his work _Seven Books of History Against the Pagans_ (circa 418), in which he argued that the sack of Rome 410 CE by Alaric I, King of the Goths (reign 394-410), had nothing to do with the Roman adoption of Christianity, a claim popularly supported among the pagans of the day. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Orosius/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Orosius/)._ ---
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