Fragments of a stone inscription from Olympia [IvO 56]: the Rules of the Isolympic games in Naples, the Sebasta. These games, based on the Olympics, were founded for Roman emperor Augustus in 2 BCE – 2 CE ca. The inscription is of 1st-2nd c. CE; at the Arch. Mus. of Olympia [2000 x 3237]

it seems that these regulations had inter alia provisions about the age of the participants, the deadlines of registering, and interestingly about legitimate excuses for non-following some rules/deadlines, excuses like illness and robbery/piracy

* an informative article about these Isolympic games in Naples, the Sebasta, in [https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/isolympics/](https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/isolympics/)
* the fragmentary greek inscription [IvO 56] in [https://inscriptions.packhum.org/text/213859](https://inscriptions.packhum.org/text/213859)
* a translation of it in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsmeMrvh-rQ&t=874s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsmeMrvh-rQ&t=874s), starting at 14.34
* photo by Dan Diffendale in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/6898855271/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/6898855271/)