Quibus auditis, liberaliter pollicitus hortatusque ut in ea sententia permanerent, eos domum remittit. . .
Are pollicitus and hortatus the main verbs with the subjunctive permanerent? They look like participles for these two verbs and I didn’t know if participles could be the main verb in relation to the subordinate subjunctive.
of course not, they are participles as u say; the main verb is remittit which is praesens historicum, that is why it requires past sequence, and so imperfectum conjunctivi follows ut finale.
They having been listened to, having made to them lavish promises, and encouraging them to remain of the same mind, he sends them home.