long ago

adverb

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Existing in the relatively distant past.
“The answer, according to James Moore, who as minister of Canadian heritage is in charge of the campaign, is that the government simply wants the long-ago war, which few Canadians know well, to be remembered.”
“Back in the long ago days of the 2000 season, the New England Patriots were a 5-11 mess of a team that finished in the cellar of the AFC East. It was an inauspicious start to the tenure of head coach Bill Belichick.”

At a time in the past, especially the distant past.
“There was a Roman fort here long ago.”
“How long ago did she die? It's not that long ago that she did.”