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== Ancient ([[period]]) ==
Of, or pertaining to, the ancient [[civilisation]]s of [[Europe]], in particular the pre-[[christian]] [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] civilisations.  The [[humanists]] were particularly fond of finding and [[translating]] ancient [[Greek]] [[manuscript|texts]] to add to their knowledge.

== Ancient ([[fighting]]) ==
An '''Ancient''' is a [[military rank]], often seen in the [[16th century]] [[army|armies]] of especially [[England]].  Probably somewhere approximately equivalent to a [[lieutenant]] in the modern era.  At the very least it ranked underneath a [[captain]], who was a [[knight]] as often as not.

The term was eventually replaced by ''ensign'' in the middle of the [[17th century]] by most countries ([[Ireland]] being a notable excepetion) and as in earlier times referred to one who would bear the standard of the [[unit]], [[company]] or [[army]] in which he was associated.
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