The world then.... 5th century Western Empire dissolves from Roman authority. Replaced with ruling individuals outside this cultural group called Barbarians (they could only 'barble' the Latin language) - - Germanic tribes (the Alaric, the Celts, the Visigoths, the Vandals, the Goths, the Ostrogoths). Some of these Germanic tribesmen were allies to Rome. When Constantine's troops took over Maxemtius at the Milvian Bridge many of Constantine's men were the "barbarians." The fall of Rome shocked the Christian world psychologically and Bishop Augustine of Hippo. He is known as Saint Augustine, from Canterbury, UK. ( St. Augustine, d. 430 ) writes The City of God -- a text that establishes a grounding in Christian philosophy. His original Latin name was Aurelius Augustinus, (born November 13, 354, Tagaste, Numidia, which is now Algeria. Augustine is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church , the Eastern Christian Church , and the