The Olympics – A timeline

776 BC First written Olympics, hosted in Olympia. The time between Olympics were measured in Olympiads, a new unit of time that the Greeks had recently invented.   393 BC The Roman Emperor Theodosius II bans the Olympics.   16-23 June 1894 The Olympic Congress is hosted for 7 days at the Sorbonne University. Organised…

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