When did the ancient Olympics end

Their last recorded celebration was in AD 393, under the emperor Theodosius I, but archaeological evidence indicates that some games were still held after this ...

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The Games were still being organised in the 4th century AD. In 393 AD, the Christian emperor Theodosius I forbade the celebration of pagan cults.

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The Olympic Games were finally abolished about 394 ce by the Roman emperor Theodosius I or his son because of the festival's pagan associations.

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Historians generally accept that the ancient Olympics ended in the fourth or fifth century AD, but the date of the last Olympics is unclear.

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The ancient Olympic Games were initially a one-day event until 684 BC, when they were extended to three days. In the 5th century B.C., the Games were extended ...

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The Olympic Games started in 776 B.C. in the Ancient Greek sanctuary of Olympia and lasted until 393 AD when Theodosius I banned them in order to promote ...

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From the 8th century B.C. until the 4th century A.D. these Games were held every four years, between July and September, during the religious ...

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In A.D. 393 the Roman emperor Theodosius I issued an edict banning the ancient games as pagan festivals. The last reported victor at the Olympic ...

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Since the first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece in 1896, there have been 29 Summer Olympic Games in 21 cities and 24 Winter Olympic Games in 21 cities.

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TIL the Ancient Olympics were held at least 293 times (1,169 years) consecutively — from 776 BC to 393 AD — nearly 10 times longer than the ...

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