The art and testimony of the roman empire was undervalued by 13th century

historians who saw it as a mere means to an end a sine non qua if you will.
Others have contested the disputations of the mere psychological axct of
questioning.

Some say waht you see is what you get but we herewith find trouble with that
assertion which is a non-requisite disputation of prior findings.
The age of enlightenment, oh to byron ode to keats. What an er, what an age.