Question

Why were the ancient Olympic Games abolished

Answer 1

Answer:

In addition to multiple enemy invasions, Olympia's site degraded as a result of earthquakes and floods. Around 394 AD, when pagan rituals were forbidden by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, the old Olympic Games were officially discontinued.

Explanation :

• The ancient Greek sporting festival known as the Olympic Games was recreated in the late 19th century. Prior to the 1970s, the Games were only officially open to athletes with amateur status; however, in the 1980s, many events were made available to athletes with professional status.
• The Games are currently accessible to everyone, including the best professional basketball players and football players (soccer).
• Several of the sports that are now a part of the Summer Games schedule, which at times has featured competitions in as many as 32 sports, were part of the ancient Olympic Games.
• The Winter Games were approved for winter sports in 1924. The Olympic Games are now regarded as the top sporting event in the globe.
• The Olympian Games and other competitions saw a significant decline in interest over the following century after Greece lost its independence to Rome in the middle of the second century BCE.
• The Romans despised athletics because they believed it was degrading to compete while completely exposed in public.
• However, after the Romans understood the political significance of the Greek festivals, Emperor Augustus organised competitions for Greek athletes in a makeshift wooden stadium outside the Circus Maximus in Rome and established important new athletic festivals in both Italy and Greece.
• Emperor Nero, who was also a fervent supporter of Greek festivals, embarrassed both himself and the Olympics when he participated in a chariot race, fell off of his chariot, and then declared himself the winner.
• Roman athletes didn't practise or compete in Greek sports.
• The Olympic Games or Greek athletics had nothing to do with Roman gladiator performances or team chariot racing.
• The words each culture adopted to characterise its festivals—for the Greeks they were competitions (agnes), while for the Romans they were games—reflect the primary differences between the attitudes of the Greeks and Romans (ludi).
• Festivals were first planned by the Greeks for rivals and the Romans for the general public.
• The first was largely a competition, while the second was entertainment.
• Because of the festival's pagan connections, the Roman emperor Theodosius I or his son finally banned the Olympic Games around 400 CE.

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Answer 2

Answer:

They were abolished in A.D. 393 by the Emperor Theodosius, a Christian who saw the worship of Zeus throughout the games as a pagan abomination.

Explanation:

• The ancient Greek sporting festival known as the Olympic Games was recreated in the late 19th century. Prior to the 1970s, the Games were only officially open to athletes with amateur status; however, in the 1980s, many events were made available to athletes with professional status.

• The Games are currently accessible to everyone, including the best professional basketball players and football players (soccer).

• Several of the sports that are now a part of the Summer Games schedule, which at times has featured competitions in as many as 32 sports, were part of the ancient Olympic Games.

• The Olympian Games and other competitions saw a significant decline in interest over the following century after Greece lost its independence to Rome in the middle of the second century BCE.

• However, after the Romans understood the political significance of the Greek festivals, Emperor Augustus organized competitions for Greek athletes in a makeshift wooden stadium outside the Circus Maximus in Rome and established important new athletic festivals in both Italy and Greece.

• Festivals were first planned by the Greeks for rivals and the Romans for the general public.