The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party
In 411 an imperial conference at Carthage, with Marcellinus presiding, heard Catholics against Donatists. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.
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In 411 an imperial conference at Carthage, with Marcellinus presiding, heard Catholics against Donatists. Augustine was a principal Catholic voice. The decision bound the defeated party with state penalties. The instrument is that hearing-plus-judgment, not a recovered stenograph of every day. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: Marcellinus presided as imperial tribune. Augustine was a Catholic speaker. Honorius' edicts followed. He did not hold the prefecture.
Context
Marcellinus is the named judge-tribune. Sharing the conference with other African bishops is required. Letter 93 precedes as a justification file. Augustine's later plea not to execute Donatists is a neighbouring mercy row, not a rebate of the stacked hearing. The setting of The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party is the public file around 0411-06-01. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Worsening path from The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party on 0411-06-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.
Shared responsibility is part of The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0411-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Augustine Of Hippo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.48 · verified
Marcellinus presided as imperial tribune. Augustine was a Catholic speaker. Honorius' edicts followed. He did not hold the prefecture.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party
- strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicators (4)Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 June 411 · verified
- Worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.72)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.32 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.7)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.31 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.69)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhoodNew Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Donatist / Conference of Carthage 411 at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhood at https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Official carrier: Britannica — Donatist / Conference of Carthage 411 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhood (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia).
Established: a sourced public record of The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party under 0411-06-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party under 0411-06-01.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The letter is theory-and-pastoral; 411 is the hearing. Mixed effects of The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAugustine Of Hippo
- contributed toFactThe 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party
- strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
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Factrail. (2026). The 411 Conference of Carthage, which Augustine helps prosecute, lets the state judge Donatists as a defeated party. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-carthage-411
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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