It's a little far-fetched for you to go back to the Roman Empire's upper classes in attempting to attack the modern scientific method, which wouldn't be developed for many centuries after the Roman Empire had ended).
Your devotion to anti-scientific alternatives seems contradictory to the fact that you are expressing such devotion using a system of communication, consisting of hardware and software that is based on the very discoveries and findings made using the scientific method. While the scientific method is often used to develop existing knowledge, it is also used to expose erroneous or limited ideas, such as with discoveries in radioactivity, astronomy, quantum mechanics, and solid-state electronics.
For example, when you use your cell phone's GPS capability to direct you to a destination, you are relying on satellite timing signals based on the science of quantum physics, not on anecdotes from Roman slaves and servants.
There are many great benefits of technology and we stand on the shoulders of giants who did the heavy lifting.
However, most of academia is a wasteland of prejudice, intolerance and petty status seeking.
When you add government grants and other funding to the mix “science” gets ugly in a hurry.