The roman emperor in 394 was Theodosius I who banned and persecuted anything which was not Christian. The Olympics, long with all pagan temples were either banned or destroyed and the pagans persecuted.
Last Ancient Olympics385 was the last recorded games but it is probable that the last games were in 393 (despite some speculation that the games were held for about 30 years after this date). The games were almost certainly banned in 394 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I who abolished the Games, as part of a series of reforms against pagan practices.
CCCXCIV
From 776 BCE to 394 BCE, divide by 4.
Olympic games were started sometime in 779 BC in Olympia, Greece. These were athletic competitions between Greek city states. The ancient Olympic games continued in some form till 394 AD, after which Theodosius I the Roman emperor suppressed them as a measure to curb pagan ritual and practices to promote Christianity.
There is no known record of the last king of Rome, however the last emperor happens to be Emperor Eugenius who ruled from 392-394 A.D.
what roman emporer who got banned from the Olympics in 394
AD 393385 was the last recorded games, although the games may have continued to 393 (in 394 the games were banned by the then Roman Emperor).
That fun guy Theodosius I was the emperor who banned the Olympics. He's also the one who made Christianity mandatory and persecuted the pagans.
Emperor Theodosius decreed in 393 A.D. that all such "pagan cults" be banned.394 CE.
385 was the last time the games were recorded. the games were banned in 394 by the Roman Emperor Constantine on religious grounds. This ban on the final remnants of paganism was reinforced in about 427 by emperor Theodosius II. 385 was the last recorded games, although the games may have continued to 393 (in 394 the games were banned by the then Roman Emperor).
last Ancient Olympic games 385 was the last recorded games but it is probable that the last games were in 393 (despite some speculation that the games were held for about 30 years after this date). The games were almost certainly banned in 394 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I who abolished the Games, as part of a series of reforms against pagan practices.
Last Ancient Olympics385 was the last recorded games but it is probable that the last games were in 393 (despite some speculation that the games were held for about 30 years after this date). The games were almost certainly banned in 394 by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I who abolished the Games, as part of a series of reforms against pagan practices.
The Olympic games were suppressed by emperor Theodosius I in 394 as part of his persecution of pagan customs and religion.
394 = CCCXCIV in Roman numerals
The first games were held in the Greek city of Olympia in 776 BC. They continued to occur every four years until 394 AD, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I suppressed them as part of a campaign to make Christianity the official religion of Rome.
He did so because he was a fanatic christian who persecuted Greek "pagans". Because of this, people stopped going to the Olympic games and so the whole thing ended.
394 CE.