Ancient history

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. uncountable
  2. 2
    knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence wordnet
  3. 3
    That which happened a long time ago and not worth discussing any more. idiomatic, uncountable

    "Who cares if he said those things at the beginning of the year? That's ancient history now."

  4. 4
    a history of the ancient world wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
age oldancientancient civilizationancient civilization historyancient civilization studyancient civilization timeline

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"Who cares if he said those things at the beginning of the year? That's ancient history now."

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