more than two thousand years ago vs over two thousand years ago

Both phrases are correct and commonly used to indicate a period of time in the past. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

Last updated: March 31, 2024

more than two thousand years ago

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a time period in the distant past.

This phrase is used to indicate a time frame that is greater than two thousand years in the past.

Examples:

The ancient civilization flourished more than two thousand years ago.
The event took place more than two thousand years ago.

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And that was two thousand years ago.
Two thousand years ago, that's how Galen treated schizophrenics.
This sculpture is more than two thousand years old.
Let us not forget that the first Europe of Roman times two thousand years ago was already using a system of concessions.
Two thousand years ago... during the Warring States period, China was divided into seven Kingdoms.
As long as two thousand years ago, Cicero knew that only wild beasts try to resolve conflicts through violence.
Two thousand years ago they were driven out of their original homeland and became scattered all over the world.
It was the link between the East and West for more than two thousand years.
Madam President, two thousand years ago, the Roman, Cicero, said that there are two ways of solving conflicts: either through negotiations or through violence.
The Bible tells us that two thousand years ago,
It just goes to show you that two thousand years ago, those Roman soldiers did the right thing in going to Great Britain with their amphora of olive oil and wine.
Two thousand years ago they fought the invading Hebrews, Roman Empire, the Crusade, and now the modern Zionists.
So, I want the spoils of these three brave Find a decent burial in this ancient Roman necropolis Alongside their heroic comrades two thousand years ago!
Your technology, you say, reached its peak over two thousand years ago?
Two thousand years ago, I would've done that in front of the whole village.
Two thousand years ago, Hippocrates said that food should be our medicine and medicine our food.
Two thousand five hundred years ago in Athens, Aristotle stressed that confessions extracted under torture should not be admitted.
You have a namesake - a poetess who lived two thousand five hundred years ago.
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, everything that humans do to animals comes back to them: Pythagoras realised this as much as two-and-a-half-thousand years ago.
but they abandoned their myths for a more rational cosmos nearly two and a half thousand years ago.

Alternatives:

over two thousand years ago
in excess of two thousand years ago
beyond two thousand years ago
longer than two thousand years ago
greater than two thousand years ago

over two thousand years ago

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to a time period in the distant past.

This phrase is used to indicate a time frame that is more than two thousand years in the past.

Examples:

The ruins date back to over two thousand years ago.
The tradition has been practiced for over two thousand years.

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Your technology, you say, reached its peak over two thousand years ago?
Two thousand years ago they were driven out of their original homeland and became scattered all over the world.
And that was two thousand years ago.
Two thousand years ago, that's how Galen treated schizophrenics.
These walls are over two thousand years old.
Let us not forget that the first Europe of Roman times two thousand years ago was already using a system of concessions.
Two thousand years ago... during the Warring States period, China was divided into seven Kingdoms.
As long as two thousand years ago, Cicero knew that only wild beasts try to resolve conflicts through violence.
The Bible tells us that two thousand years ago,
Madam President, two thousand years ago, the Roman, Cicero, said that there are two ways of solving conflicts: either through negotiations or through violence.
It just goes to show you that two thousand years ago, those Roman soldiers did the right thing in going to Great Britain with their amphora of olive oil and wine.
Mr President, the Sinhalese and the Tamils have lived together in Sri Lanka - also known as Ceylon - for over two thousand years.
I was one of those unfortunates adopted by upper-middle-class professionals and nurtured in an environment of learning, art, and a socio-religious culture steeped in over two thousand years of talmudic tradition.
Two thousand years ago they fought the invading Hebrews, Roman Empire, the Crusade, and now the modern Zionists.
So, I want the spoils of these three brave Find a decent burial in this ancient Roman necropolis Alongside their heroic comrades two thousand years ago!
Two thousand years ago, I would've done that in front of the whole village.
For over two thousand years the olive tree has been part of the landscape of Alpes-Maritimes where it grows in 102 of the department's 163 municipalities.
For over two thousand years, they didn't even call it Euclidean geometry, just geometry.
Two thousand years ago, Hippocrates said that food should be our medicine and medicine our food.
They had Their two thousand years.

Alternatives:

more than two thousand years ago
in excess of two thousand years ago
beyond two thousand years ago
longer than two thousand years ago
greater than two thousand years ago

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more than two thousand years ago vs over two thousand years ago