The ancient olympics were shut down in 393 by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius as being “un-Christian”. They were revived in 1896 (in between, there were a number of small, local revivals; Broomie must have been in one of those).
The ancient olympics were shut down in 393 by the Byzantine emperor Theodosius as being “un-Christian”. They were revived in 1896 (in between, there were a number of small, local revivals; Broomie must have been in one of those).