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Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, [1] is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD [note 1] comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
Classical antiquity generally covers the period in Mediterranean history from around 700 BC through the 5th or 6th centuries AD, culminating in Late antiquity (7th century AD). See also the preceding Category:Prehistoric Europe and the succeeding Category:Late antiquity
The late 17th and 18th centuries are the period in Western European literary history which is most associated with the classical tradition, as writers consciously adapted classical models. [11] Classical models were so highly prized that the plays of William Shakespeare were rewritten along neoclassical lines, and these "improved" versions were ...
In the classical period, Athens was a centre for the arts, learning, and philosophy, the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, [2] [3] Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Plato, Pericles, Aristophanes, Sophocles, and many other prominent philosophers, writers, and politicians of the ancient world.
Classical Greece, a specific period (c. 510 – c. 323 BCE) within classical antiquity; Classical India, a period in Indian history (c. 322 – c. 550 CE) Classic stage, a period in North American prehistory (c. 500 – c. 1200 CE) Classical Islam, a period in Islamic history (various definitions) Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire (1453–1566)
The poem dates to the archaic period of Classical antiquity. Scholarly consensus mostly places it in the late 8th [ 28 ] century BC, although some favour a 7th-century date. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] In any case, the terminus ante quem for the dating of the Iliad is 630 BC, as evidenced by reflection in art and literature.
It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on the region being studied, other terms may be more suitable. It is also considered to be the end of the Axial Age. [1] In the context of the Eastern Mediterranean, it is the mid-point of the Hellenistic period.
The Parthenon, in Athens, a temple to Athena. Classical Greece was a period of around 200 years (the 5th and 4th centuries BC) in ancient Greece, [1] marked by much of the eastern Aegean and northern regions of Greek culture (such as Ionia and Macedonia) gaining increased autonomy from the Persian Empire; the peak flourishing of democratic Athens; the First and Second Peloponnesian Wars; the ...