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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Event · 1199 BCE – 5th c. CE

classical antiquity

Also known as

Abad Klasik
Aevum Classicum
Andro Taloha Klasika
antichitatea clasică
antichità classica
Antichité classica

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has partByzantine Empire395 CE
has partMacedonia808 BCE
has partMinoan civilization3300 BCE
has partMycenaean Greece1600 BCE
has partRoman Republic509 BCE
has part

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classical antiquity · Alexandria

has part · located inAncient Greece12th c. BCE

exemplifiesAntikythera Ephebe340 BCE

has part · followed by · is a superset ofHellenistic period323 BCE