The era of

390s

2 recaps across 2 years of the decade. Reconstructed from contemporary coverage, archives, and the public record.

The last ancient Olympic Games before Emperor Theodosius I's ban marked the end of 1,170 years of unbroken athletic competition.

Emperor Theodosius abolishes the 1,200-year-old Olympic Games, marking Christianity's erasure of pagan athletic tradition in the Roman world.

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