But it was also a period of truce to ensure the athletes' safety, as well as the spectators' who came from afar. Unfortunately, this ceremony considered as pagan by the Emperor Theodosius I, was dropped out in the year 393.
Ngunit ito ay din ang isang panahon ng pahinga ng labanan upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ng mga atleta at tagapanood na dumating mula sa kalayuan. Sa kasamaang-palad, ito seremonya itinuturing paganong ni Emperador Theodosius ko, inabanduna sa taon 393.