The phrase "ancient supremacy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about historical power dynamics, civilizations, or cultural dominance that existed in ancient times.
Example: "The ancient supremacy of the Roman Empire is often studied for its influence on modern governance and law."
Alternatives: "historical dominance" or "ancient dominance".
It's hard not to think that there's some biological imperative at work in our passion for this rentable and temporary supremacy – some ancient advantage to having a panoramic view of the surrounding land which flickers within us as we take the express elevator up to the viewing platform.
Coates' announcement came despite an earlier and scathing assessment of the senator as a "candidate of partisanship and radicalism," who "has failed in the ancient fight against white supremacy" not three weeks ago in an article he wrote for The Atlantic.
It is, indeed, a myth, and one that is far more pernicious than the (mythical) myth of judicial supremacy, and far more ancient.
Syria has become an unflinching contest for regional supremacy, anchored largely by the ancient regional power struggle between Tehran and Riyadh, but fuelled by more contemporary grievances.
Possession of Toledo, the ancient seat of the Visigothic monarchy, enhanced Alfonso's claims to peninsular supremacy, which he expressed when he styled himself "Emperor of Toledo" as well as "Emperor of Spain".
Take away the high-tech hardware, and the feudal houses fighting for political supremacy and commercial dominance over trade and technology could be city-states in ancient Greece or ducal kingdoms in Renaissance Italy -- or corporate traders sailing to some new Byzantium in cyberspace.
We should have moved so far beyond that that the phrase "white supremacy" would by now have been relegated to the back shelves of an ancient library.
The Protestant Heritage, Protestantism originated in the 16th-century Reformation, and its basic doctrines, in addition to those of the ancient Christian creeds, are justification by grace alone through faith, the priesthood of all believers, and the supremacy of Holy Scripture in matters of faith and order.
Ancient Greek classical mythology associated just such a 56-sided polygon with Zeus's great rival for divine supremacy, the weather god Typhon.
