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Who abolished the tradition of the original Olympic Games in Greece?

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Who abolished the tradition of the original Olympic Games in Greece?

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Finally, the Olympic Games were suppressed, either by Theodosius I in AD 393 or his grandson Theodosius II in AD 435, as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as a state religion. The site of Olympia remained until an earthquake destroyed it in the sixth century AD.