Was Constantine genuinely converted?
Among the most striking reactions to the news that Rome had been sacked by Alaric and his Visigothic “barbarian” hordes in 410 was that of Jerome (331–420), best remembered for his production of the Latin Vulgate Bible. At the time Jerome was living in a monastery in Bethlehem. “A terrible rumour,” he wrote to a correspondent,
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