The Latin term antiquĭtas came to Castilian as antiquity. The concept refers to the condition or property of ancient: that it took place in a distant past time or that it belongs to it.
The notion can be used to name this time past. For example: "In ancient times, people used to gather around the radio to listen to the story of the most important sporting events" , "Those things happened in ancient times, now it is different" , "I do not understand how in ancient times they could live without telephones or Internet ” .
The story called Ancient Age to the era in which they arose and the first civilizations developed. Conventionally, the invention of writing is used as a point of reference for studying the beginning of ancient history.
It is known by the name of classical antiquity to the Greco-Roman period belonging to the Ancient Age, which lasted a long time and is located between high and low antiquity. More specifically, it is about the time when ancient Rome and ancient Greece carried out the development of the Greco-Roman civilization, also known as the Greco-Roman world .
Objects whose value lies in the passage of time are also called antiques: "Every Sunday an antique fair is organized in the center square" , "For my birthday, my mother gave me a beautiful Chinese antique that I have located in the living room of my house ” , “ I have several antiques to sell ” .
The importance of this type of antiques lies in the fact that they are elements that characterize a past period and that are no longer used today. The typewriters can be regarded as antiques because the computers (PCs) have replaced them.
It is difficult to describe the sensations that an antiquity can awaken in people who are most sensitive to the passage of time and the development of culture. An object created centuries, or even decades ago, can be an incomparable find for a researcher to the point of changing his life. However, this itself can be absolutely useless in the eyes of another individual.
The number of months or years that a person has been in a job or in a position is also known as seniority: “I had twenty-five years of experience in the company when they fired me for a restructuring” , “When you turn one year old, you can choose which shift you prefer to work on ” , “ I don't think it's healthy for a mayor to have been in office for more than a decade ” .
In the same way that objects called antiques are often invaluable to certain people, the longer we stay in a job the more important we become to the employer. Seniority in a company is a determining variable in matters such as salary, vacations and special leave.
It should be noted that seniority in a job can become an obstacle if the employee begins to demand certain privileges that the company is not willing to give him, either because they are not considered reasonable or because he does not have the necessary resources. In these cases, it is not uncommon for the situation to end in dismissal for unclear reasons, as a result of a quiet plot by the employer to get the worker to make an unforgivable mistake.