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When was the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece?


When was the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece?
The first modern Olympics took place in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The man responsible for its rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
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The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to 776 BC, when a cook named Coroebus won the only event. The event on that particular year was a 192-metre footrace called the stade (the origin of the modern “stadium”) and
Coroebus went on to become the first Olympic champion.
The first Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC and they continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule. From 776 BC, the Games were held in Olympia every four years for almost 12 centuries. ....

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Ancient Coins - Steve Benner: Ten Coins I'd Love to Own


Ancient Coins
Like most coin collectors, I have a list of coins I want to own.
The list I plan to cover in this article will be personal and not just a list of the most famous ancient coins, so I won’t be listing
decadrachms,
pentadrachms. It’s not that I
wouldn’t love to own one or all of these, but their cost is not only out of my purchasing range but greater than my net worth. And even if I
had the money and bought the coins, my wife would kill me and bury me in the back yard, which is a very powerful disincentive. ....

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