First Olympic Games
By tradition, the start of Greek dating by Olympiads
The first recorded Olympic Games were held at the sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia; Coroebus of Elis won the stadion footrace. Held every four years, the Games gave the Greeks a common system for counting years.
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The Olympic Games are older than Rome: the first were held in 776 BC, and by tradition the city was founded only 23 years later.
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Middle East
- 763 BC Assyrian eclipse — 13 years later