Nero nahm aber an den Spielen teil, laut dir haben nur Griechen teilgenommen.
Verstehst jetzt deine Banalität?
Tiberius nahm auch Teil, auch Römer - ist er jetzt Grieche?
Was ist mi dem Boxer und Armenier Varastades?
The Olympic Games reached their height in the 5th-4th centuries B.C., and their decline coincided with the decline of Greek supremacy and the rise of the Roman Empire. Aristophanes observed that Greek youths were no longer interested in their sports--they had deserted the gymnasiums, were pale-faced and narrow-chested. The large cities began to hire professional athletes, many of whom were not native Greeks but swiftly nationalized to comply with the rules. One of the most outrageous farces took place when the Roman Emperor Nero arrived at the games in 66 A.D. with 5,000 bodyguards and hangers-on. He entered several events and invented some others on the spot. During the chariot race, Nero lost his mount, but his rivals stopped the race until he got back on. Needless to say, Nero was pronounced victor of all the events he entered.
In 388 A.D., the 291st Olympiad took place with the last recorded victor being Prince Varastades, later King of Armenia, who won the boxing event. Six years later, Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the games because they were a pagan spectacle. Barbarians looted the site, earthquakes and fire destroyed some buildings, and Theodosious II ordered the rest of the temples leveled. Finally, the Cladeus River changed course and covered the valley with silt. Few would hear about Olympia and her games for 1,500 years
