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To: NutCrackerBoy

That’s an interesting point. Is there a carved in stone definition of “ancient”? I always thought ancient meant before the fall of the Roman Empire.


5 posted on 05/26/2008 5:58:09 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989
I think of 4th century B.C. as the heyday of classical Greece, and you have to go back a few centuries to get to ancient Greece. The Roman Empire existed in a classical period. Ancient Rome would have to be the Republic or earlier.

I'm just talking out of my hat here.

6 posted on 05/26/2008 6:07:00 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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