It's that time, every 4 years, so...
Your challenge is to take one of the two (or both if you choose):
1. Keep the Ancient Olympics going as long as you can. It may be changed from a pagan thing to just a sproting event. They may be cancelled due to major wars, as ours are, or plagues, but no more than...I'll give you 40 years between them, given the times. (So, if you want to go between 393 and 433 while they work out a way to keep them from becoming pagan, you can.)
Bonus points if you can get Byzantium diong them after the Western Empire falls. Extra bonus points if you can get several nations competing during the Dark Ages. Mega Bonus Points if you can have China, Japan, or some other faraway place send athletes a few times. Super Giganto Dinosaur Points if you can have them morph into modern ones without much of a hitch, while keeping close to OTL.
2. Maybe easier, I don't know. Have the Modern Olympics start as soon as possible; that meaning not a contest within a nation, but actually starting as much like the 1896 Games as possible. Nations within an Empire don't count, so no counting Britain and India as 2. because of trvel and such, I'll lower the number of athletes - since slightly over this number are known for sure for 1896, I'll say 150 athletes minimum and at least 10 countries.
Bonus points if you can pull it off before 1850. Extra bonus points if you can start it before Greek Independence. Mega bonus points if you can pull it off before the Industral Revolution. Super Giganto Dinosaur points if you can pull it off starting in the Rennaissance.
As witht he first, you can go 40 years between Games at first, but after the Napoleonic Wars it has to be close to 4.
Your challenge is to take one of the two (or both if you choose):
1. Keep the Ancient Olympics going as long as you can. It may be changed from a pagan thing to just a sproting event. They may be cancelled due to major wars, as ours are, or plagues, but no more than...I'll give you 40 years between them, given the times. (So, if you want to go between 393 and 433 while they work out a way to keep them from becoming pagan, you can.)
Bonus points if you can get Byzantium diong them after the Western Empire falls. Extra bonus points if you can get several nations competing during the Dark Ages. Mega Bonus Points if you can have China, Japan, or some other faraway place send athletes a few times. Super Giganto Dinosaur Points if you can have them morph into modern ones without much of a hitch, while keeping close to OTL.
2. Maybe easier, I don't know. Have the Modern Olympics start as soon as possible; that meaning not a contest within a nation, but actually starting as much like the 1896 Games as possible. Nations within an Empire don't count, so no counting Britain and India as 2. because of trvel and such, I'll lower the number of athletes - since slightly over this number are known for sure for 1896, I'll say 150 athletes minimum and at least 10 countries.
Bonus points if you can pull it off before 1850. Extra bonus points if you can start it before Greek Independence. Mega bonus points if you can pull it off before the Industral Revolution. Super Giganto Dinosaur points if you can pull it off starting in the Rennaissance.
As witht he first, you can go 40 years between Games at first, but after the Napoleonic Wars it has to be close to 4.