List of ancient Olympic victors

A papyrus list of Olympic victors, 3rd century A.D., British Library

The current list of ancient Olympic victors contains all of the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent disbandment in 393 by Roman emperor Theodosius I. It is based on available modern sources,[1][2][3] as well as the older ones such as the writings of Pausanias (2nd century AD) and Chronicle of Eusebius (3rd century AD).[4]

  1. ^ "The Olympic Victors – Foundation of the Hellenic World".
  2. ^ Christesen, Paul (22 October 2007). Paul Christesen – Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History, Cambridge University Press, 2007. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139466233.
  3. ^ "Karl Otfried Müller (1839) - The history and antiquities of the Doric race - σελ. 446–462 παράρτημα VI". 1839.
  4. ^ "Eusebius: Chronicle - attalus.org".