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In which year the ancient olympic games were stopped.

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394 AD

The ancient Olympic Games officially came to an end around 394 AD, when Roman emperor Theodosius I outlawed pagan celebrations. The first modern Olympic Games took place 1503 years later, at Athens in 1896.

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