Sentence examples for antiquity when from inspiring English sources

The use of chemical weapons dates back to antiquity, when warring forces frequently poisoned the water supplies of their adversaries.

The pyrrhic dance of ancient Greece served as an exercise of military training until late antiquity, when it degenerated into popular professional entertainment.

Until the 12th century in Italy the art of bronze casting had been virtually neglected since the period of classical antiquity, when it had been a flourishing industry.

The symbol which historically was not limited to use by Jews originated in antiquity, when, side by side with the five-pointed star, it served as a magical sign or as a decoration.

"Against [X]" is most satisfying when it is most true to its origins in the denunciations of antiquity: when it issues its condemnatory ban on an offending concept with no namby-pamby qualifications.

That, local people say, is all that remains of one of the great atrocities of antiquity, when thousands of Christians were herded into pits here and burned to death by a Jewish tyrant after they refused to renounce their faith.

Here is an answer for anyone who still thinks it is irrelevant to mourn antiquities when people are dying in Syria.

In March 2001, the Customs Service was investigating a New York gallery suspected of dealing in illicit art and antiquities when agents got a tip that two boxes containing "clay objects" from Syria were being smuggled into the country from Dubai.

In recent years many museums and private collectors have had to return unprovenanced antiquities when they were seized by United States Customs or the F.B.I. or were the objects of lawsuits brought by source countries.

I thought that some sort of formula where reciprocity and exchange could be arranged would be successful for both sides and not deprive the American museums altogether of antiquities when the objects were returned to Italy.

Opie says that until recently people have associated folklore with antiquity, and when they first began their work it was considered nonsense.