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The Ancient Greek Panhellenic games were a series of prestigious and honoured festivals which saw the bravest and boldest athletes complete for the ultimate glory. That was until Nero came along and disrupted the sacred traditions by manipulating officials, proceedings, and even the history books to crown himself Periodonikes, universal victor of all four games.
This week’s story is presented by executive producer Zoe Behrendt, who takes us back to AD 67 to relive both the fascinating games, and the tyranny of Nero’s reign. Find out where this story ranks on our quest to find the wildest story from the world to sport.
Sources:
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games
https://historycollection.com/the-strangest-sports-stories-in-history/
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2800827
From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?
Articles of the Olympic Academy
Tacitus: Annals: Book 14 [20] | Sacred Texts Archive
Suetonius • Life of Nero
Cassius Dio — Epitome of Book 62
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-nero-really-fiddle-as-rome-burned
"Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned" — Classical Journal 42:211‑217 (1947)
Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? | HISTORY
https://historycollection.com/musical-tyrant-5-facts-emperor-nero/
Nero: The End of a Dynasty - Miriam Griffin - Google Books
Nero at the Theatre « Roman History 31 BC - AD 117
Case Study I: Nero – Spectacles in the Roman World
Was the Neronia a Freak Festival? on JSTOR
The embarrassing spectacle when Emperor Nero competed in the Ancient Olympics - History Skills
Nero Was The Worst Best Olympian Ever | Defector
Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Greek Tragedy Competitions | by Rune Myrland | Storyknot | Medium
Nero, "Periodonikes"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4DwgbSMcR5WZcxYjC2p1c9Z/nero-to-zero-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brutal-roman-emperor
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nero-Roman-emperor/The-approaching-end
Presenters:
James Whybrow
Zoe Behrendt
Carlin Sheaves
Music and cover art:
Zoe Behrendt
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By Wild World of SportThe Ancient Greek Panhellenic games were a series of prestigious and honoured festivals which saw the bravest and boldest athletes complete for the ultimate glory. That was until Nero came along and disrupted the sacred traditions by manipulating officials, proceedings, and even the history books to crown himself Periodonikes, universal victor of all four games.
This week’s story is presented by executive producer Zoe Behrendt, who takes us back to AD 67 to relive both the fascinating games, and the tyranny of Nero’s reign. Find out where this story ranks on our quest to find the wildest story from the world to sport.
Sources:
https://www.olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games
https://historycollection.com/the-strangest-sports-stories-in-history/
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2800827
From gladiators to mock naval battles, what were the major sports events in the ancient world?
Articles of the Olympic Academy
Tacitus: Annals: Book 14 [20] | Sacred Texts Archive
Suetonius • Life of Nero
Cassius Dio — Epitome of Book 62
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-nero-really-fiddle-as-rome-burned
"Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned" — Classical Journal 42:211‑217 (1947)
Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? | HISTORY
https://historycollection.com/musical-tyrant-5-facts-emperor-nero/
Nero: The End of a Dynasty - Miriam Griffin - Google Books
Nero at the Theatre « Roman History 31 BC - AD 117
Case Study I: Nero – Spectacles in the Roman World
Was the Neronia a Freak Festival? on JSTOR
The embarrassing spectacle when Emperor Nero competed in the Ancient Olympics - History Skills
Nero Was The Worst Best Olympian Ever | Defector
Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Greek Tragedy Competitions | by Rune Myrland | Storyknot | Medium
Nero, "Periodonikes"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4DwgbSMcR5WZcxYjC2p1c9Z/nero-to-zero-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-brutal-roman-emperor
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nero-Roman-emperor/The-approaching-end
Presenters:
James Whybrow
Zoe Behrendt
Carlin Sheaves
Music and cover art:
Zoe Behrendt