- For symmachus, religion was transaction. So when you refuse to hold games that honored...

[grunting] [all shouting] - For symmachus, religion was transaction. So when you refuse to hold games that honored the gods And bad things happened to the roman empire, It was easy for traditionalists
like symmachus to say, "if we want rome to be
successful again, Then we need to return
to these old ways." - [grunting] - But curbing the influence of christianity gets harder As many powerful roman senators convert. - Christians were not only occupying the throne, But an increasing number
of high-level aristocrats, Including roman senators, Were being drawn in its train