alleryStart learning →Why is 393 AD often given as the end of the ancient Olympics?
AThe olive trees died
BPagan practices banned
CGreece fell to Persia
DOlympia was flooded
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Pagan practices banned
Emperor Theodosius I decreed that pagan cults and practices be eliminated, and the Games were a religious festival.
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