What exactly, does it mean when an article mentions something going on since 'antiquity'?

by DesiccatedDogsDicks

Is there an exact time frame they are referring to?

Valkine

There isn't an exact time frame for antiquity. I would generally us it to refer to anything from before the fall of the Western Roman Empire but I'm informed that some people would include much of the Middle Ages in antiquity as well. I'm a medievalist so I wouldn't include anything after the Early Middle Ages (pre-1000) in antiquity and even then I feel like I'd be pushing it. That said I might not be the norm.