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>ancient," from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, literally "from before," [1] I guess ancient is used to mean before 500BC because it has always meant that. It's a Roma
by toohotatopic 6y ago
>ancient," from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, literally "from before," [1]
I guess ancient is used to mean before 500BC because it has always meant that. It's a Roman word used by them to reference the time before them. As long as we use that word we already accept their point of view.
[1] https://www.etymonline.com/word/ancient https://www.etymonline.com/word/ancient
- KhoomeiK 6y agoAncient usually refers to the period before 500 AD (not BC) as indicated in my original comment. 500 AD is roughly the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, but definitely not the marker for before the Romans. It'd be nice if that explained it though.