The prehistoric Olympics, which dated long before Christ, then had its inspiring, laborious, barbaric incipiency. Although the account was not clearly passed from one tongue to another and the account became a mist. Still, kudos to handful of Olympic chroniclers—like — who proactively researched the past and unearthing the important traces of prehistoric Olympics starting with one event and followed by multiple games participated by multitudes of nationalities.
Even in the time of Nero, a Roman (Julian) Emperor who was very notorious during his stint and invaded Greece after the latter's downfall, the history of the Olympics was marred with prejudice and lopsided officiation. This was so evident when Nero, himself, surrounded by 5,000 militia, participated in one of the events in Greece. There was a moment when Nero wobbled down and was thrown out from his chariot. Nobody had dared to overtake nor challenge the anarchic Nero. In the end, he was declared cheater—nay, winner of the said event.
Games then was so gruesome and blood-bathed. Some victims were became rituals and offered in altars. After, their bodies were immolated. Such hideous practices were tolerated then as if it was a form of culture and entertainment. Ofcourse, there's prehistoric boxing in the form of event called "pancration." Pancration was a game played by two contenders who tussle to death in no holds barred competition. There's no implementing rules and fouls applied until one signals his defeat by raising his hand.
The time of Hitler in 1936 was not spared from Olympic controversy. According to a chronicler, Hitler made the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a venue for breeding future Aryan race Olympiads on which German girls were exploited and allowed to shag with Olympic badge-wearing Aryan race athletes, so that these girls would yield and give birth to world-class and competitive Aryan athletes of the said country. The absurdity was somehow criticized by some societies owing to morality issue. Later, the racism ideology of Hitler led to his downfall in World War II.
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