Negotiating Religion in the Cities of the Eastern Roman Empire

Abstract

Study of the strategy of persuasion in council and assembly, which can be summed up with the words remembrance, performance, and guidance : that is, remembrance of the past services of the gods, performance of an aesthetically pleasing celebration, and guidance — the assumption of a leading role in the moral education of one's fellow citizens, and, more importantly, in the education and the acculturation of youth