8 years
personally i think that they were named after the ancient Romans or the ancient Greece because in those days of that long ago they did Olympics so I'm sorry if this answer didn't help you i tried my best :)
For nearly 200 years
The people in greece in the olympics play foot races, throwing, javelin throwing, long jump,combat sports, wrestling, and pankration.
The first modern olympics were in 1896, in Athens Greece.
The Olympic Games that have been played since 1896 are called the 'modern Olympics'. The Olympics started in 776 BC in Greece. If you hear the term 'Ancient Olympics', that means the Olympics that were played long, long ago.
The Gauls, then the Macedonians, then the Romans, then the Goths.
The Greek city was in trouble because they had a long war with Romans. Look it says: "Almost 2,000 years ago, the people of Greece were in the middle of a long war with Romans."
the roman statues were from the romans long time ago and the greek statues are from the greeks lke the gods from rome and Greece
Long jump was started in original Olympics in ancient Greece.
The ancient Greek Olympics was a three day event. The games included, running, long jump, boxing, and javelin throwing.
The first Olympics were at Olympia in 776 B.C.E.The first moderm Olympics were at Athens, Greece in 1896 C.E.
Men were allowed to enter the Olympics but, young boys were also allowed, this was not determined by age but if the boy was bearded or not so their was no cheating. Women were also allowed in the case that they owned a horse that was being used; as long as it was a man. Other than that it was strictly boys and men. -Seamus There were no ancient Roman Olympics, there were the Gladiatorial sports and funeral games but no Olympics. The ancient Greeks held the Olympics which was called the Olympiad. Next time please check your facts before you spout random nonsense.