Orosius's basic innovation in dealing with the four empires theory was to introduce Carthage between Macedonia and Rome, which is something that scholars such as García Fernández point out as one of Orosius's defining and definitive acts [REF].
On the other hand, in 2005 García Fernández made an explicit allusion to Torres Rodríguez' theory when he stated that it was an exaggeration to characterize Orosius's historical methodology as "patriotic" [REF].