The playwright William Shakespeare was guilty of anachronism in more than one instance when writing his plays. In Julius Ceasar, the character Cassius says, "The clock has striken three." However, mechanical clocks didn't exist in ancient Rome at that time.

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The playwright William Shakespeare was guilty of anachronism in more than one instance when writing his plays. In Julius Ceasar, the character Cassius says, "The clock has striken three." However, mechanical clocks didn't exist in ancient Rome at that time.

What does anachronism mean?
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something that is out of place in time
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a talent for predicting future events
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a tendency to write too hastily

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something that is out of place in time