%0 Article %A Harry O. Maier %I S.n. %D 1999 %C s.l. %T The End of the City and the City without End: The 'City of God' as Revelation %X By constantly referring to divine assistance in the composition of De civ. Dei, Augustine casts the work as revelation rather than mere chronicle. Revelation is necessary in order to fully understand historical events as well as biblical texts. Augustine draws heavily on the Book of Revelation to des cribe the indescribable, the end of the age.