Rebecca Stephens FalcasantosRebecca Stephens Falcasantos is a Research Associate and Lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the intersection of religious practices, rhetoric, and contestations over cultural dominane in the late Roman East. Her forthcoming book, Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial Capital (University of California Press, 2020), explores the role of ritual performance, rhetoric about violence, and the curation of memory in shaping Constantinople’s public ritual life during the transition between traditional Mediterranean cults (“paganism”) and Christianity. Read More Read Less