ancient history
noun
mass noun
1- the history of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean area and the Near East up to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476古西方文明史（指公元476年西罗马帝国灭亡前地中海及近东地区的历史）。
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- informal something that is already long familiar and no longer new, interesting, or relevant〈非正式〉人所共知的旧闻：
the New Wave is ancient history now.
新浪潮现在已经不新鲜了。
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