But it was also a period of truce to ensure the athletes' safety, as well as the spectators' who came from afar. Unfortunately, this ceremony considered as pagan by the Emperor Theodosius I, was dropped out in the year 393.
Kwa bahati mbaya, sherehe hii kuchukuliwa kipagani na Mfalme Theodosius, liliachwa katika mwaka 393.