antiquity

Noun
  1. The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe (synset 115277950)
    associated with:
    • lustrum - a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census
    • catacomb - an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
    • circus - (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
    • galley - (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
    • bay wreath, laurel, laurel wreath - (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
    • pantheon - (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
    • toga virilis - (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship
    • humor, humour - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
    • dithyramb - (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
    • paean, pean - (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
    • torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next
    • ana - mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu
    • lug, lugh - ancient Celtic god
    • egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
    • ra, re - ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods
    • semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
    • persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
    • chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
    • greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
    • roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
    • bacchus - (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
    • norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
    • phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
    • augur, auspex - (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
    • centurion - (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
    • choragus - (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus
    • gladiator - (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat
    • pontifex - a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome
    • procurator - (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes
    • sibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
    • tribune - (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests
    • roman, romanic - of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
    is a type of: age, historic period - an era of history having some distinctive feature
    is a part of: history - the aggregate of past events
  2. Extreme oldness (synset 104932933)
    is a type of: oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
    same as: ancientness
  3. An artifact surviving from the past (synset 102726951)
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
    • antique - any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
    • relic - an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
    • roman building - a building constructed by the ancient Romans
    • stela, stele - an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

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