antiquity

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As a proper noun, usually used to refer to the period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution
The ancients; the people of ancient times

That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Ancient times; former ages; times long since past

Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

An old gentleman

You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B. Jonson.

{n} old times, great age, ancientness
The period of human history from around 3,000 B C to the fall of the Roman empire (around 476 A D ) Followed by the Middle Ages
the period before the Middle Ages, in the broad division of history into antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the modern era "Classical antiquity" refers to the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
extreme oldness
the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  The quality of being ancient or old; great age (a statue of great antiquity)   In art, antiquity generally refers to Greek and Roman antiquity
an artifact surviving from the past
Antiquities are things such as buildings, statues, or coins that were made in ancient times and have survived to the present day. collectors of Roman antiquities
] an artifact surviving from the past the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity
A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc
The antiquity of something is its great age. a town of great antiquity
Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity
Old age
[In this sense, usually in the plural
an ancient institution
Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. famous monuments of classical antiquity
{i} ancient times, former ages; oldness, state of being ancient
Classical antiquity
The Greco-Roman period of history based around Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and the Mediterranean
Late antiquity
The period of history between Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
antiquities
A written account of history
antiquities
plural form of antiquity
classical antiquity
(Tarih) Classical antiquity (also the classical era or classical period) is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
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