Originally the Olympic games were known to be religious festivals from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D. This was so because the Roman emperor Theodosius I banned all pagan festivals. These festivals celebrated the Greek god Zeus. The ancient Olympic Games lasted nearly 1,200 years until it ceased. Then in the late 1800’s a frenchman by the name of Baron Pierre de Couhbertin practically revived the Olympics into what we know today as the modern Olympics. In 1896 …showed first 75 words of 396 total…

…showed last 75 words of 396 total…XIII Tokyo, JPN 1996 XXVI Atlanta, USA 1944 XIV London, GBR 2000 XXVII Sydney, AUS 2004 XXVII Athens, GRE Similar to yet different in some ways, the Ancient Olympics and Modern Olympics have given many different nations the equality needed for unity and fair play in the Olympic Games. Even though it started out with one nation, one man quickly molded the Games into an entire group of nations competing, not just for the gold, but also for the