"Fredrick Rea O'Keefe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

:A curiosity -- "ancient"? Is that not pre-400 BC (or is it CE?)? I see more
:and more references to the Middle Ages as being "ancient." Am I too old?
:Ladies, help me! Particularly, the Grimacing Goddess of all things Latinate
:and cultural.
:
:Lance Sprung <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article
:<[log in to unmask]>...
:> Hello:
:>
:> Please forgive me if you find this posting offensive.  I collect
:> examples of ancient writing <SNIP>  dated
:> from 1200-1599. These include letters of correspondence,
:> incunabula, cuniforms and <SNIP>

        Well, Fred Welden can answer this one and he's no lady <g>.

        It's probable that Lance Sprung (technothriller hero name if I've ever
read one) means 1200-1599 BC/BCE.  Not too many people were writing in
cuneiform
during the beginning of the Renaissance.

        To answer your question, ancient history is the stuff that occurred
before the Roman Empire fell (476 AD/CE).  This, of course, is opinion--some
people consider the 1950s to be ancient. (I saw an antique mall booth devoted
to
blonde furniture and red appliances and decorator items Monday--<*yeech*>)

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Wendy Chatley Green -- [log in to unmask]