# Orosius

> A Roman priest who turned history into ammunition. Orosius wrote to prove that pagan times were worse than Christian ones — and in doing so, became the source medieval Europe relied on for a thousand years of ancient fact.

*Roman historian and theologian (c.375/385 – c.420 AD)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/orosius

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 385
- **Died:** 418
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 375–385 in what's now Braga, Portugal, Orosius was a priest with enough standing to seek out the heavyweights: he travelled the Mediterranean to work with Augustine of Hippo and Jerome of Stridon. He didn't just talk theology — he co-wrote sections of Augustine's City of God. In 415 he was sent to Palestine to confer with intellectuals, sat in on a Church Council in Jerusalem, and carried back the relics of Saint Stephen. His Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, finished by 418, was a chronicle of pagan peoples from deep antiquity to his own day, written to show that pre-Christian times were brutal and chaotic. It became the go-to source on the ancient world straight through the Renaissance, shaping how historians framed narrative and method for centuries. He died sometime between 418 and 423.

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## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosius)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311456)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Orosius)
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- [Paulo Orosio](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Orosio)
- [Павел Орозий](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Paulus Orosius](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Orosius)
- [Pau Orosi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Orosi)
- [Pavel Orosius](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Orosius)
- [Orosius](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosius)
- [Orosius](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosius)
- [Ορόσιος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Paŭlo Orosio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%ADlo_Orosio)
- [Paulo Orosio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Orosio)
- [Paulus Orosius](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus_Orosius)
- [Paulo Orosio](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Orosio)
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- [Orosius](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosius)
- [Paul Orose](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Orose)
- [Orosius](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosius)
- [Paulo Orosio](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Orosio)
- [פאולוס אורוסיוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Pavao Orozije](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavao_Orozije)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Orosius)
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