Ancients

Common synonyms include: ancient people, ancient populations, antiquity, antiquity peoples, classical world, old peoples.

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
plural of ancient form-of, plural
2
The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers. plural, plural-only
3
people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) wordnet

"The ancients believed the earth was flat."