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1. People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
   "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"

1. A very old person
   - antediluvian
    
2. A person who lived in ancient times

Type of: golden ager [N. Amer, informal], individual, mortal, old person, oldster [N. Amer, informal], people, person, senior citizen, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Ancients