Ancient - Definition
ancient
adj 1: belonging to times long past especially of the historical
period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;
"ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those
of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
2: very old; "an ancient mariner"
n 1: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian]
2: a person who lived in ancient times