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What time period does classical scholarship generally cover?
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Broadly speaking, the field of classical scholarship covers the time period between the 2nd millennium BCE and 500 CE. This timeframe encompasses the study of ancient Greece and Rome within the geographic areas influenced by their respective conquests and spheres of power.1