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Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command

On 28 August 430, as later lives date it, Augustine died while Hippo was under Vandal siege. In the causal graph this event strengthens Forced-Displacement Scale, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.

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On 28 August 430, as later lives date it, Augustine died while Hippo was under Vandal siege. The instrument is that death-in-siege as the limit of an African bishopric. He did not invite Geiseric. Possidius' Life is the principal later carrier, not a 430 newspaper. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: Possidius later tells the siege and the death. Geiseric's forces besieged. Augustine remained as bishop.

Context

Geiseric commands the Vandals in the later file. Sharing the sack with unnamed townspeople is required. City of God had already thought 410; this is 430 on the African coast. The Champaigne canvas is centuries later. The setting of Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command is the public file around 0430-08-28. Driver forced-displacement-scale is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command on 0430-08-28. A city siege that closes a bishop's life is a displacement path. He is not stored as the Vandal king. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Augustine Of Hippo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    Possidius later tells the siege and the death. Geiseric's forces besieged. Augustine remained as bishop.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Catholic Encyclopedia — Donatists / Augustine neighbourhoodNew Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Catholic Encyclopedia — St. Augustine, death in the siege of Hippo at https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab) (New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, death / Vandals at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Catholic Encyclopedia — St. Augustine, death in the siege of Hippo (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm (opens in a new tab); New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, death / Vandals (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command under 0430-08-28 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command under 0430-08-28.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. High on the 28 August 430 handbook date as later told. The library row is neighbouring. Mixed effects of Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0430-08-28 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.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAugustine Of Hippo
  2. contributed toFactAugustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command
  3. strengthensDriverForced-Displacement Scale
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Augustine dies in 430 during the Vandal siege of Hippo, a displacement file he did not command. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-vandal-siege

https://factrail.ai/facts/au-vandal-siege

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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