The ruins at Olympia date from at least 1600 bc. The festival of Zeus was held there every four years from 776 bc until the end of the 300s ad. By the 300s Greece was part of the Roman Empire, and Christianity would soon be the main religion. The Roman emperor Theodosius I therefore abolished festivals that honored the old Greek gods. A later emperor had the temples destroyed. Earthquakes further damaged the ruins in…
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