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In the modern stories, Antiquity is a term that refers loosely to an unspecified stretch of time before the [[dark times|Age of Darkness]] that proceeded the Mage Wars. Classic Antiquity usually refers to late antiquity, or the times closer to the [[Fall of Roads]]. | In the modern stories, Antiquity is a term that refers loosely to an unspecified stretch of time before the [[dark times|Age of Darkness]] that proceeded the Mage Wars. Classic Antiquity usually refers to late antiquity, or the times closer to the [[Fall of Roads]]. | ||
| − | The period of time known as Antiquity is widely reguarded as having been 'nothing special', believed by most modern scholars(Modern being the [[Sixth Age | + | The period of time known as Antiquity is widely reguarded as having been 'nothing special', believed by most modern scholars(Modern being the [[Ages|Sixth Age]]) to be little more than a few thousand years long, and marked mostly by art and philosophy. Whether or not high technology such as space travel existed is hotly debated, as very little is left of the ancient civilization beyond some monuments and the crumbling foundations of what may once have been cities. |
Late in the Sixth Age, it is disocvered by [[Hunter Jusenkyou]] that there was a lot more to Antiquity than meets the eye. Antiquity lasted for thirty or thirty-five thousand years([[Jason Bur'I]] translates it as both numbers at different points in the storyline). The name he gives to the civilization is translated both as [[Eladamri]] and [[Arthurian|Eladamri]], though it is implied that one might be the name of the people and the other the name of the civilization. | Late in the Sixth Age, it is disocvered by [[Hunter Jusenkyou]] that there was a lot more to Antiquity than meets the eye. Antiquity lasted for thirty or thirty-five thousand years([[Jason Bur'I]] translates it as both numbers at different points in the storyline). The name he gives to the civilization is translated both as [[Eladamri]] and [[Arthurian|Eladamri]], though it is implied that one might be the name of the people and the other the name of the civilization. | ||
They know that the Eladamri enjoyed 10,000 years of peace(the era commonly reffered to as Classic Antiquity), and that for twenty or twenty-five thousand years before that, they fought a war against the [[Inami]]. | They know that the Eladamri enjoyed 10,000 years of peace(the era commonly reffered to as Classic Antiquity), and that for twenty or twenty-five thousand years before that, they fought a war against the [[Inami]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:22, 17 December 2009
The time before the Age of Darkness.
In the modern stories, Antiquity is a term that refers loosely to an unspecified stretch of time before the Age of Darkness that proceeded the Mage Wars. Classic Antiquity usually refers to late antiquity, or the times closer to the Fall of Roads.
The period of time known as Antiquity is widely reguarded as having been 'nothing special', believed by most modern scholars(Modern being the Sixth Age) to be little more than a few thousand years long, and marked mostly by art and philosophy. Whether or not high technology such as space travel existed is hotly debated, as very little is left of the ancient civilization beyond some monuments and the crumbling foundations of what may once have been cities.
Late in the Sixth Age, it is disocvered by Hunter Jusenkyou that there was a lot more to Antiquity than meets the eye. Antiquity lasted for thirty or thirty-five thousand years(Jason Bur'I translates it as both numbers at different points in the storyline). The name he gives to the civilization is translated both as Eladamri and Eladamri, though it is implied that one might be the name of the people and the other the name of the civilization.
They know that the Eladamri enjoyed 10,000 years of peace(the era commonly reffered to as Classic Antiquity), and that for twenty or twenty-five thousand years before that, they fought a war against the Inami.
