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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ModenaR on 2025-06-06 09:13:29+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Roman emperor Nero participated in the Olympics in AD 67. He had bribed organizers to postpone the games for a year so he could participate and won every contest in which he was a competitor. After he died a year later, his name was removed from the list of winners