Re: A Pagan Byzantium?
Also, Paganism seems to have been weaker as a belief in people. Take the Romans as an example. Their belief in the gods was more between supersticious and a tradition than a real and strong belief.
Thus, accepting another religion was not that difficult if this religion adapted to the intended pagan audience. In my opinion Christianism was first adapted by Paul to a Greek and Roman audience, and then it went modelling itself after the host people.
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