ancient history

ancient history

n.

1. The history of times long past.

2. Informal Common knowledge, especially of a recent event that has lost its original impact or importance.

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ancient history

n

1. (Historical Terms) the history of the ancient world from the earliest known civilizations to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 a.d

2. Informal a recent event or fact sufficiently familiar to have lost its pertinence

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ancient history - a history of the ancient world       account, chronicle, history, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
	2.	ancient history - knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence common knowledge - anything generally known to everyone

Translations

ancient history

n (lit) → Alte Geschichte; (fig) → graue Vorzeit; that’s ancient history (fig) → das ist schon längst Geschichte; he’s well-known in the field of ancient history → er ist ein sehr bekannter Altertumsforscher