The civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BCE to the 5th century C.E. and the Roman Empire centered on it.

(law) In the law of evidence, a document which is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule, and which is considered self-authenticating, because it is older than a certain age (usually twenty years) and in a condition that makes it free from suspicion concerning its authenticity, and was found in a place where such a writing was likely to be kept.

plural of ancient document

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.

A civilization that existed in the valley of the Nile River from ca. 3150 BCE to 30 BCE. Noted for building the Great Pyramids of Giza.

The Hellenic language of Ancient Macedonians, probaby an ancient Greek dialect, spoken in Macedon from 808 BCE till 168 BCE

The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically referring not only to modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.

(uncountable) Any of the various forms of the Greek language of classical antiquity, particularly the classical Attic dialect used in Athenian literature.

Of or relating to Ancient Greece.

A native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece.