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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In his oration for the bachelor's degree, he gives me to understand, he will treat of the classical myths, viewed in the aspect of baby stories, and has a great mind to discuss the expediency of using up the whole of ancient history, for the same purpose. "It's ancient history," said another, guessing that it referred to a former war. IT IS not a little remarkable that in every case reported by ancient history, in which government has been established with deliberation and consent, the task of framing it has not been committed to an assembly of men, but has been performed by some individual citizen of preeminent wisdom and approved integrity. |
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