ancients

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ancients /ˈeɪn tʃənts/ ?

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(n) people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

He knew scientists had revived hardy bacterial spores that were hundreds of years old, but they were youngsters compared with his alleged ancients.
To the ancients, wind and sun, sea and forest grove seemed to be informed by inscrutable spirits to whom, in awe and propitiation, they gave human personality and shape.
Olympians still train like the ancients, twirling on the pommel horse for hours, waking up at 6 a.

"Although cosmology has been around since the time of the ancients, historically it has been dominated by theory and speculation," Smoot said. "Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science. The advance of knowledge...
on Oct 3, 2006 By: George F Smoot Source: UC Berkeley
When Burke spoke of the "wisdom of the ancients," he cautioned that decades and centuries of tradition and reverence for institutions should not be disregarded overnight.
on Mar 26, 2007 By: Edmund Burke Source: Yahoo! News
"I loved art and fables, so it isn't surprising that I was immediately smitten with astronomy," Herschbach said. "The constellations reflect the great mythologies going back to the ancients. That hooked me."
on Feb 28, 2009 By: Dudley Herschbach Source: Wicked Local Dennis