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Definitions

ancient history

NOUN
ancient times
Synonyms
WEAK
antiquity bygone days distance of time distant past early history prehistory protohistory remote past the past time immemorial way back when

Example Sentences

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To many of the skaters today, the 1990s might as well be ancient history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Bostock felt like ancient history on Tuesday morning, when the court heard oral argument in Little v.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in ancient history with the intent of going to law school.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

"POV: You wake up in Pompeii on eruption day" and "POV: You wake up as Queen Cleopatra" are some of his most popular titles, taking viewers through a 30-second-long fictionalised day in ancient history.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Of course, she didn’t have many ideas; but then, she was younger and hadn’t had a chance to learn much about ancient history.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.