The phrase "ancient prestige" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a long-standing reputation or status that has been respected or valued over a significant period of time.
Example: "The ancient prestige of the university attracted scholars from around the world, eager to be part of its storied history."
Alternatives: "long-standing reputation" or "historic honor".
The aspiration is to return Iran to the ancient prestige it attained under the Persian empire.
His diplomatic efforts on behalf of peace in Italy and elsewhere and his patronage of the arts, especially of literature, restored to the church much of the ancient prestige it had lately lost.
13 1 After an interval of a few years Marcus Livius Drusus entered the tribunate,45 a man of noble birth, of eloquent tongue and of upright life; but in all his acts, his success was not in keeping with his talents or his good intentions. 2 It was his aim to restore to the senate its ancient prestige, and again to transfer the law courts to that order from the knights.
Symbols of power and prestige in ancient Peru, gold and silver were equally revered, and Peruvian metalsmiths acquired great skill in the techniques of working them.
Wujing, ( Chinese: "Five Classics") Wade-Giles romanization Wu-ching, five ancient Chinese books whose prestige is so great that in the fourfold classification of Chinese writings the jing ("classics") are placed before shi ("history"), zi ("philosophy"), and ji ("literature") in order of importance.
The new nation is a patchwork of disputed boundaries, ancient jealousies and arguments over prestige.
France sent a frigate to make sure one ancient vessel much like the Prestige stayed out of its.
The equally nationalistic Mr Papadopoulos believed that the prestige associated with ancient Greece could be regained by decree.
True, the novel is a comparatively recent phenomenon in Arabic literature; poetry, an ancient art, has traditionally held wider prestige.
Ancient China cared about many things -- prestige, honor, culture, arts, education, ancestors, religion, filial piety -- but making money came far down the list.
There was prestige in knowing birds in ancient Rome, and there is prestige today.
