Pentathlon victors at Olympia (recorded list, c.708 BCE–394 CE)

1. Olympic victor lists become the historical backbone

   Jan 1, 776 BCELabels: Olympic Games, Eusebius

   • Attalus Eusebius
   • KUL Ancient Olympics

2. Pentathlon added to the Olympic program

   Jan 1, 708 BCELabels: Pentathlon, Olympia

   • FHW Olympics
   • KUL Pentathlon
   • Attalus Eusebius

3. Lampis of Sparta becomes first pentathlon victor

   Jan 1, 708 BCELabels: Lampis of, Sparta

   • Attalus Eusebius
   • ConnectedContests
   • Olympedia Sparta 708

4. Philombrotos of Sparta repeats as pentathlon champion

   Jan 1, 676 BCELabels: Philombrotos of, Eusebius

   • Attalus Eusebius
   • Olympedia Sparta AAT

5. Short-lived boys’ pentathlon appears at Olympia

   Jan 1, 628 BCELabels: Boys' pentathlon, Deutelides

   • Victors List

6. Pausanias preserves Olympia’s athlete memory landscape

   Jan 1, 160Labels: Pausanias, Olympia

   • Pausanias text

7. Aurelius Metrodorus wins pentathlon in Roman-era Olympia

   Jan 1, 197Labels: Aurelius Metrodorus, Kyzikos

   • Victors List
   • Victors explained

8. Olympic winners integrated into Christian chronography

   Jan 1, 221Labels: Sextus Julius, Christian chronography

   • Britannica Africanus
   • Attalus Eusebius

9. Eusebius’ Chronicle preserves the Olympiad framework

   Jan 1, 325Labels: Eusebius, Chronicle

   • Attalus Eusebius
   • Attalus trans

10. Imperial anti-pagan policies pressure traditional festivals

    Jan 1, 392Labels: Theodosius I, Imperial policy

    • Theodosius policy

11. Final recorded ancient Olympics held around 393 CE

    Jan 1, 393Labels: Final Olympics, Theodosius I

    • Guinness record
    • Theodosius policy

12. Ancient Olympic pentathlon victors list closes with the Games’ end

    Jan 1, 394Labels: Pentathlon victors, Record closure

    • Victors List
    • FHW Olympics