on 1 January 1896, the II Olympiad began 1 January 1900, and so on. The XXXIII Olympiad began 1 January 2024. Because the Julian and Gregorian calendars go directly from 1BC to AD1, the cycle of modern Olympiads is ahead of the ancient cycle by one year.

Ancient Olympics

Each olympiad started with the holding of the games, which originally began on the first or second full moon after the summer solstice.

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