It is the year, when the first (recorded) Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece. It was 776 years earlier than Jesus Christ was born. BC means before Christ. It means that the first Olimpics were held 776+2012= 2788 years ago.
Remembering that there was no year zero, from 2014 it was 2789 years ago.
As at the time of answering, 2016, it was 2791 years.
a long time ago
a very long time ago
2053 years ago. I'm not sure they had the Olympics in 44BC.
It began in 776 BC in honour of Zeus.
776 + 2014 = 2790
776 bc
Remembering that there was no year zero, from 2014 it was 2789 years ago.
The Year 776 BC was in the 8th century BC.
776 b.C
They began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece
The first ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. The modern Olympic Games were revived by Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
As at the time of answering, 2016, it was 2791 years.
a long time ago
The first Olympics where held in Olympia in ancient Greece in 776 BC
221 BC was 2,241 years ago.