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ancient history

  1. history from the earliest recorded events to the end of the Western Roman Empire in 476
  2. Informal something of the recent past that is well known or no longer important

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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