Pankration competitions at Olympia (c.648 BCE–394 CE)

1. Olympic festival at Olympia becomes established

   Jan 1, 776 BCELabels: Olympia, Zeus Sanctuary

   • Britannica
   • WHE

2. Pankration added to the Olympic program

   Jan 1, 648 BCELabels: Pankration, Olympic Games

   • Britannica
   • HellenicCulture
   • FHW

3. Rules emphasize submission and limited fouls

   Jan 1, 648 BCELabels: Pankration Rules

   • Britannica
   • FHW
   • Erenow

4. First recorded Olympic pankration victor appears

   Jan 1, 648 BCELabels: Victor Lists, Pankration

   • VictorsList
   • WHE

5. Pankration spreads with Panhellenic athletics

   Jan 1, 582 BCELabels: Panhellenic Festivals

   • PythianGames
   • Britannica

6. Deadly risk illustrated by Arrhichion’s victory

   Jan 1, 564 BCELabels: Arrhichion of

   • Pausanias
   • Arrhichion

7. Theagenes wins Olympic boxing and pankration crowns

   Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Theagenes of

   • Perseus
   • FHW
   • Theoi

8. Pankration becomes a celebrated subject in literature

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Literature, Pankration

   • Britannica
   • AncientOlympics

9. Boys’ pankration added as a youth competition

   Jan 1, 200 BCELabels: Boys' Pankration, Hellenistic Olympia

   • FHW
   • AncientOlympics

10. Roman-era Olympia continues staging pankration

    Jan 1, 277Labels: Roman-era Olympia

    • VictorsList
    • Britannica

11. Late fourth-century pressure ends the ancient Olympics

    Jan 1, 393Labels: Late Roman, Imperial Policy

    • Britannica

12. Pankration at Olympia ceases with the Games’ end

    Jan 1, 394Labels: Pankration Cessation, Olympia

    • Britannica
    • Guinness