The Pankration (= all power) - all-in fight no holds barred, often resulting in death. Not a sport in our terms.
The only athletic game at the ancient Olympics was the stadion ( A quick Sprint)
the olympics.
The Romans never held the Olympics; the Olympics were an Ancient Greek game.
it was defiantly pankration as you could do any moves even strangle .
marathon
they are around us every day... wrestling is a game that was held in greek Olympics
Possibly the discus or javelin throws.
Well, the Greeks loved competitions. So they made up a game called the Olympics, which modernized to the sports we have today. The Olympics were not the only competition in Ancient Greece, but the most popular.
the Olympics games started in 776BC in Ancient Greece
In the Ancient Olympics the competitors were nude.
they ancient Olympics begun to honor their gods
The Olympics is an Ancient Greek festival.