# Lactantius — The City of God character guide

> Lactantius in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Early Christian author and apologist, cited on the errors of paganism.

## In the story

### [Book XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-book-xviii)

Christian writer who included sibylline prophecies about Christ in his work.

### [Of the Erythraean sibyl, who is known to have sung many things about Christ more plainly than the other sibyls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiii)

Inserted sibylline prophecies about Christ into his work, which Augustine references.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced for his Institutiones Divinae and views on the end times.

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