Abstract
The Sack of Rome in 410 AD provoked the spread of refugees well around the Mediterranean. As a result, issues that had concern the Latin Church were brought to the attention of Eastern Christians. This was the case of Pelagius, who, by seeking refuge in Hippo and then in Palestine, ultimately forced Augustine to take part in a controversy that would affect the entire Western Christian tradition: the debate on grace. The letters exchanged during the Pelagian controversy show us not only the role of epistolary networks in the course of these debates, but also how the normal flow of people and news in the Mediterranean could be mobilized, although not always controlled by players in this game. The aim of this paper is to investigate the means, the forms and the actors involved in the communication between Rome, the north Africa and Palestine during the Pelagian controversy.
Keywords:
Information networks; Pelagian controversy; Mediterranean region