Ancient Europe

The expression Ancient Europe may be used in a variety of senses:

• The ancient concept of Europa in Greek geography, in origin "the landmass adjacent to Thrace"
• Europa (ancient geography)
• Europa (Roman province), in the Diocese of Thrace
• The territory of Europe (the continent according to its modern definition) in "ancient times":
• Prehistoric Europe, human presence in Europe before recorded history
• Neolithic Europe, 7000 BCE to 1700 BCE
• Bronze Age Europe
• Iron Age Europe
• Roman imperial period (chronology)
• Roman Iron Age
• The territories of Europe participating in Classical antiquity
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• Illyria
• Hellenistic period, emergence of the Roman Empire
• Roman Empire, the post-Roman Republic period
• Late antiquity, from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages