Read about it here:Β https://www.peopleofar.com/2012/08/14/ancient-olympics-and-armenian-champions/
Ancient Olympics and Armenian Champions
Long before Baron Pierre de Coubertin, after a nearly 1200-year hiatus, organized the Modern Olympics of βAthens 1896,β the Ancient Olympics that began in 776 B.C. honored countless athletes every four years, including some famous Armenians. Among them, Prince Varazdat Arshakuni (ΥΥ‘ΦΥ‘Υ¦Υ€Υ‘ΥΏ in Armenian; Latinized asΒ Varasdates), later King of Armenia, was the last known...
