Nemea was a religious sanctuary in the northern Peloponnese of Greece where pan-Hellenic athletic games were held every two years from 573 BCE until 271 BCE, after which, the Games were definitively moved to Argos.
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6000 BCE - 5000 BCEFirst inhabitation of the Nemean valley.
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573 BCEFirst athletic games at Nemea in honour of Zeus.
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453 BCEPericles erects trophy at Nemea after Athenian victory over the Sikyonians.
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415 BCE - 330 BCENemean Games relocated to Argos.
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330 BCEAthletic Games return from Argos to Nemea.
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c. 330 BCETemple of Zeus built at Nemea.
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c. 330 BCE - c. 300 BCEExtensive building programme at Nemea funded by the Macedonians.
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330 BCE - 320 BCENew stadium constructed at Nemea.
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271 BCEFinal Games at Nemea.
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269 BCENemean Games definitively moved to Argos.
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c. 300 CE - c. 350 CEChristian Basilica built at Nemea.
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393 CERoman Emperor Theodosius definitively ends all pagan Games in Greece.
