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because a guy who i think was king got jealous because the ancient Olympics was held in honour of Zeus and this guy didnt like zues, so he banned it and it re opened at 1896 by a frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea in 1894.
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Why did the ancient Olympics stop in 393AD?
The ancient Olympics were stopped because Christians considered them to be pagan festivals. They were ordered to be stopped and as Christianity spread, even the temples were destroyed.
How did the ancient olympic games stop?
The ancient Olympics stopped because there are now more people that are modern than ancient and people will get fed up having to watch old sports and the Olympics will lose their career
Where will the 1014 Winter Olympics be held?
The Ancient Olympics stopped roughly 2500 years ago and the modern Olympics did not start until the late 1800s. Therefore there were no Olympics in 1014 and thus no location for them. If you meant to ask where the 2014 Winter Olympics would be, that would be Sochi, Russia.
What year did the Olympics start?
Around 776 BCThe Ancient Olympics started in 776 BC. Then they stopped and they started the modern summer Olympics in 1896. The winter Olympics started in 1924. Then the youth Olympics (Summer and winter) started in 2010.
What did they wear in running in the Ancient Olympics?
In the Ancient Olympics the competitors were nude.
Why did the ancient Olympics begin?
they ancient Olympics begun to honor their gods
What is the connection Ancient Greece and the Olympics?
The Olympics is an Ancient Greek festival.
What did they use for the long jump in the ancient Olympics?
the diffrence between modern and ancient olympics is that it was not as safe and many were killed in ancient olympics
Why did emperor theodosius ban ancient olympic games?
Theodosius I, Emperor of the Roman Empire, banned the Olympics in 393 AD. The next time the Olympics were held was in 1896.
How are ancient Olympics different to modern Olympics?
ones ancient ones modern
When was the first ancient Olympics held and where?
the first ancient Olympics where head in grease
Who were able to complete in the ancient Olympics?
Only men were able to compete in the Ancient Olympics. Women were forbid to enter the Ancient Olympics, or, Olympia, as it was called back then.
