The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens is an athletic stadium built entirely of marble, standing on the site of an ancient stadium used for the Panathenaic Games. A first stadium was laid out in the 4th century BCE under the Athenian statesman Lycurgus. In the 2nd century CE the wealthy benefactor Herodes Atticus rebuilt it in marble, and it could hold tens of thousands of spectators. It fell into disuse in late antiquity and much of its marble was quarried. The stadium was excavated and rebuilt in the 1870s and 1890s and hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Its horseshoe shape is distinctive, and it was the finish line of the marathon at the 2004 Games.
Before and after
- 335 BCERise of peripatetic school
- 335 BCEAlexander the Great crosses into Asia
- from January 332 BCE to July 332 BCESiege of Tyre
- 20 January 330 BCEBattle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
- 329 BCEConstruction of Panathenaic Stadium
- 327 BCESiege of the Sogdian Rock
- from 327 BCE to 325 BCEIndian campaign of Alexander the Great
- c. 326 BCEPytheas of Massalia sails to Britain and the far north
- from November 326 BCE to February 325 BCEMallian Campaign
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