Classical antiquity

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Classical antiquity is the long era of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, marked by major developments in politics, philosophy, art, and literature that profoundly shaped Western culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural period
historical era
coreCivilization Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece

Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome
followedBy Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
hasArchitectureStyle Corinthian order
Doric order
Ionic order
Roman architecture
hasArtStyle Ancient Greek sculpture
surface form: Classical Greek sculpture

Hellenistic art
hasCulturalLegacy Greco-Roman law and institutions
classical mythology
hasEconomicActivity Mediterranean maritime trade
hasEndTime 6th century AD
fall of the Western Roman Empire
hasKeyConcept citizenship in Greek and Roman societies
democracy in classical Athens
republicanism in Rome
hasKeyHistorian Herodotus
Livy
Polybius
Tacitus
Thucydides
hasKeyLiteraryFigure Aeschylus
Euripides
Homer
Ovid
Sophocles
Virgil
hasKeyPhilosopher Aristotle
Cicero
Epicurus
Marcus Aurelius
Plato
Seneca the Younger
Socrates
Zeno of Citium
hasMajorConflict Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Punic Wars
hasMajorLanguage Ancient Greek
Latin
hasMajorReligion ancient Greek religion
ancient Roman religion
early Christianity
hasMajorRuler Alexander the Great
Augustus
Constantine I
surface form: Constantine the Great

Julius Caesar
hasPoliticalForm Greek polis
Roman Empire
Roman Republic
hasStartTime 8th century BC
hasWritingSystem Greek alphabet
Latin alphabet
influenced Neoclassicism
Renaissance culture
Western civilization
knownFor codification of Roman law
development of Western philosophy
development of classical art and architecture
development of drama and literature
formation of the polis and the Roman Republic
mainRegion Europe
Mediterranean Basin
North Africa
Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
partOf ancient history
precededBy Bronze Age civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean
studiedInDiscipline ancient history
classics

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Ancient Mediterranean world timePeriod Classical antiquity
Via Flaminia historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Iranian peoples timePeriod Classical antiquity
Lucania timePeriod Classical antiquity
Damietta historicalEra Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Greco-Roman period
Costoboci era Classical antiquity
Via Aurelia historicalEra Classical antiquity
Apollonia (port of Cyrene) historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
agora of Cyrene historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Lacringi era Classical antiquity
Western civilization hasHistoricalPeriod Classical antiquity
Aegle timePeriodOfWorship Classical antiquity
Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age mainSubject Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Greco-Roman classics
Arwad era Classical antiquity
Argeiphontes timePeriodOfUse Classical antiquity
Arethusa mythologicalTradition Classical antiquity
Corinthia historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: classical antiquity
Phrygia timePeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Classical Antiquity
Lycia timePeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Classical Antiquity
Median Empire era Classical antiquity
Kerkinitis historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Battle of Trebia era Classical antiquity
Battle of Lake Trasimene historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Mediterranean trade routes timePeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Classical Antiquity
Nafplion hasHistoricalPeriod Classical antiquity
Indian campaign historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Pharsalus historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Lampsacus historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Battle of Issus historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Illyrians timePeriod Classical antiquity
Palmyrene region historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Thracians timePeriod Classical antiquity
Parthian Empire timePeriod Classical antiquity
Clinomachus timePeriod Classical antiquity
Perrhaebians timePeriod Classical antiquity
Aenianes historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
Carrara marble usedInPeriod Classical antiquity
Roman ruins of Jerash era Classical antiquity
Kyrenaïkē historicalEra Classical antiquity
subject surface form: Kyrenaikē
this entity surface form: Classical Antiquity
Satrapy of Egypt era Classical antiquity
Amphicleia era Classical antiquity
Greco-Roman art hasPeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: classical antiquity
Bottiaea historicalEra Classical antiquity
Hadrianopolis historicalEra Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Classical Antiquity
Daulis timePeriod Classical antiquity
Boeon timePeriod Classical antiquity
The Battles of Alexander influencedBy Classical antiquity
Anatolian studies timePeriodFocus Classical antiquity
Karmouz district historicalPeriod Classical antiquity
this entity surface form: Greco-Roman period
Ludi Romani era Classical antiquity