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Classical may refer to:
European antiquity
Classical antiquity , a period of history from roughly the 7th or 8th century B.C.E. to the 5th century C.E. centered on the Mediterranean Sea
Classical architecture , architecture derived from Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity
Classical mythology , the body of myths from the ancient Greeks and Romans
Classical tradition , the reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures
Classics , study of the language and culture of classical antiquity, particularly its literature
Classicism , a high regard for classical antiquity in the arts
Music and arts
Language
Classical language , any language with a literature that is considered classical
Classical Arabic , the Arabic language in which the Qur'an is written
Classical Armenian , the oldest attested form of the Armenian language
Classical Chinese , the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period
Classical French , the French language as systematised in the 17th and 18th centuries
Classical Latin , the Latin language used by the ancient Romans
Classical Nahuatl , the language spoken by Aztec nobles in the Valley of Mexico at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest
Science and mathematics
Classical economics , school of economics developed in the late 18th and early 19th century
Classical logic , a class of formal logics that have been most intensively studied and most widely used
Classical mathematics , mathematics constructed and proved on the basis of classical logic and set theory
Classical mechanics , the set of physical laws describing the motion of bodies under the action of a system of forces
Classical physics , the study of physics before the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term