ABSTRACT
During the late-Republic and the beginning of the Empire there were roman philosophers, historians and writers constructed what is known as the myth of the eternal Rome. The barbarians played an essential role in this construction. It only took them two centuries, the IV and V, to claim the city and occupy the roman ecúmene. In the late antiquity these circumstances produced a vast number of writings based on the fall of Rome carried on by Rex Gothorum Alaric and both his political and military incursions. The year is 410, a crucial moment for the intellectual struggle between pagans and Christians. This work will swim in the waters of the many writings written by Augustine of Hippo, a Bishop from the north of Africa. We will recognize his ways, discursive structure and intentionality with the objective of understanding his vision of the barbarity in the context of the fall of Rome in the year 410.
Keywords:
Augustine of Hippo; barbarians; discursive structure; ideological discourse analysis; rhetoric; Christian writers.