Was the first olympic games in rome the colosseum?
The first Olympic games were held in Greece, not Rome. The Olympic Games were one of the Panhellenic games held in ancient Greece. The origins of the Olympics were intimately connected with death and funerals, myths and legends. Question: What Is the Origin of the Ancient Olympic Games? How did the Olympic games begin? There are records of stade-length race outcomes going back to a traditional date of 776 B.C. (the victor was Koroibos of Elis), but the origins of the ancient Olympics go back to a time that is not well recorded and the actual date of the first Olympics is disputed. This was a topic of interest to the Greeks who told stories mixed with myth to account for the origins of the ancient Olympics. Answer: One Olympic origins story is connected with the tragedy-ridden House of Atreus. Pelops won the hand of his bride, Hippodamia, by competing in a chariot race against her father, King Oinomaos of Pisa, in Elis. Pelops conspired to win the race by replacing the king’s chariot’s
