Death of the Ancient Olympics, Attempted Revivals, and the 1896 Rebirth

In this video we explore the reason why the original games died, attempted revivals (what I refer to as the "dark ages" since there was a blackout from official games), and finally the rebirth of the modern Olympics in 1896.

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00:00 Intro
00:40 The Death of the Olympics in Ancient Greece
02:36 The Cotswold Olimpick Games
03:17 Shin Kicking and Low Kicks
05:24 The Last Cotswold Game
06:07 Cotswold Revival
06:41 Olympiade de la République
07:20 Creator's Execution
08:07 The First Olympic Game to Use Measurements
09:08 Why Was This So Hard to Research?
09:41 Zappas Olympics
10:16 The 1896 Olympics
10:48 A 2,500 Year Old Stadium
11:18 Crowd Funding
11:48 Rules?
12:05 Summary
12:39 The Marathon of 1896
13:02 The 1,200m Swim of Death
13:42 The Olympic Hymn
14:00 Olympic Weightlifting in 1896
14:19 No Weight Classes
14:31 Similar Structure to Modern Strongman
14:47 Rowing Events Cancelled
15:09 Outro