Classical antiquity

Succeeded by:
* Late antiquity

Preceded by:
* Prehistory (theme) - overlaps with early stages of classical antiquity

Overlaps:
* Imperium Romanum (~49 BCE till ~620 CE)

Notable events:
* Iron age begins
* Bronze age ends (theme)

This refers to ancient Greece and ancient Rome, so areas too far outside their rule should not be tagged with this.

Some major historical events covered:
- Reign of Alexander the Great
- Rise and fall of the Roman Empire (not Byzantine)
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Parent groups

Antiquity, Time periods: Europe

Child groups

Imperium Romanum, Respublica Romana

Games by year

The first Classical antiquity video game was released in 1982.

MC Lothlorien, PSS and Sierra published most of these games.

Related site

At Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows		15
MS-DOS		7
Amiga		5
Linux		4
ZX Spectrum		4
Mac OS Classic		4
Atari ST		4
Amstrad CPC		3
C64		3
PS2		2
Mega Drive		2
ZX 81		2
CD-I		1
Thomson		1
Dragon32		1
VIC-20		1
PSP		1
MSX		1
GameCube		1
Xbox		1
Flash		1
NEC PC9801		1
BSD		1
Switch		1
Mac OS X		1

Most common companies

MC Lothlorien	7
PSS	5
Sierra	4
Wildfire Games	3
Molleindustria	3
Electronic Arts	3
Topo Soft	3
Infogrames	2
Sierra On-Line	2
DreamCatcher Interactive	2
Psygnosis	2