Ancient Greece and Rome are remembered for the rulers who conquered the known world, but also for the Odyssey and the Iliad, for a forum and a coliseum.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Presents Medals in Arts and Humanities

This was the moment when the buildings and artifacts of ancient Greece and Rome were being rediscovered as a source of artistic inspiration, initiating what we know as the Renaissance, which also changed everything forever.

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The winner of that particular evening's contest had brought in coins from ancient Greece, Rome and 19th-century America.

FORBES: Homo Numismatus