Why did a group known as theologians arise during the Roman Empire rather than the Roman Republic?

This was because during the Roman Republic, the value of art and religion was not took into mind so very carefully. But when the Roman Empire started, the Renaissance made people think twice about the art they had and the religion they believed in. Since then, the world has considered art and religion "important."

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