Answer: The Roman borders were being overrun by numerous tribes, and the devastation was immense.
Explanation:
St. Jerome spoke of how the Roman borders had being breached on many sides such as in Gaul and Germany by numerous tribes such as the Vandals, the Quadi, the Sarmati and the Alani.
He then mentions the devastation that these invasions had caused such as the thousands of people massacred in churches and how citizens have been captured and towns depopulated.
They unite a variety of cultures through various ways like using hair from people from all around the world, or by using ideograms and letters to form sentences and represent many cultures world-wide. The idea is that we are all united by it and should not abandon those ideals.<span />