Olympic Games

The Olympic Games were held in Greece, where male citizens, and male citizens only; were allowed to participate. This rule held until the 128th Olympic Game, where women citizens were allowed to participate too. However, to enter the games you had to have trained for 10 months, and if you won you would be required to hold a feast. This was made worse by the fact that The prize was only the fame, so only the wealthy citizens of Greece could participate. The Olympic Games were held from 776 BCE to 393 AD, during which 293 Olympic Games took place. At first, there was only foot racing, but slowly more and more events were added. Some events were quite violent though: "Once, in a race of 40 chariots, only one man finished. Everyone else had been injured or killed."