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Bit of a weird one I know but:

When most people think Rome they think marble statues, togas, laurels, lots of red and gold, eagles etc. Generally a pretty "clean" aestethic. When most people think the (early to high) middle ages it's a lot of rough art, wooden buildings, simple and/modest clothing, eventually coats of arms that include a lot of stripes, squares and funky animals.

Now obviously aestethics vary and change over time, and we project a lot of conceptions about a time period in the aestethics we choose when we imagine them, we think of the roman era as a glorious and advanced era and thus imagine it with pompous and clean aestethics, while the middle ages are percieved to be more rough and harsh, but that's not really the point of this challenge.

How could the middle ages "look" more roman? Knights in red with aquilae embroidened, marble statues of saints and kings, kings and nobles wearing togas in court etc.
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