Few figures from antiquity are as well known to us as Augustine of Hippo.
In straight-forward, unadorned prose, Possidius shows Augustine as a powerful intellect, voluminous writer, and compelling orator, willing.
Yet, without this little biography written by his intimate friend Possidius, Bishop of Calama, we would know comparatively little about Augustine\'s Life after his baptism.
Thanks to his Confessions, we know a great deal about Augustine\'s Life prior to his conversion to Christianity.
Few figures from antiquity are as well known to us as Augustine of Hippo