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What was the area of the ancient Olympics called?
Olympia
Where were the Olympics held in 776 bce?
The Olympic games lasted until 395 AD
Why when were the first Olympics held?
Olympia in Elis, southern Greece 776 BCE as a festival to the god Zeus.
What building were the ancient Olympics held?
The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia (near Elis, in the western Peloponnese, Greece). At first there was no stadium in the sense of a structure (stadion in Greek simply means "running-track"). The first stadium at Olympia was built about 550 BC, then remodelled in 500 BC with a sloped bank for spectators to stand on, and so on being re-built several times over nearly 900 years.Eventually Olympia grew into a complex of temples, accommodations, and other facilities including a stadium for running, a hippodrome for horse-racing, a palaistra for wrestling, etc, etc.
When did the ancient olympic games begin?
The oldest recordes the Olympics was recorded in 776 BCE.
