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The Olympic Games were already more than 1,000 years old when they were banned in the Roman Empire.

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The ancient Olympic Games ran from 776 BC and were held for over a millennium before a Roman emperor banned them around AD 393 as a pagan festival.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Olimpiyat Oyunları, Roma İmparatorluğu'nda yasaklandığında çoktan 1.000 yılı aşkın bir geçmişe sahipti.

Antik Olimpiyat Oyunları MÖ 776'dan itibaren düzenlendi ve bir Roma imparatoru onları yaklaşık MS 393'te pagan bir şenlik olarak yasaklamadan önce bin yılı aşkın süre sürdü.

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