Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
September 28
September 28 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 48 BC to AD 157. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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48 BC
Event That Shaped History
Pompey Is Murdered by Agents of Ptolemy XIII’s Court
In 48 BC, after his defeat by Caesar at Pharsalus, Pompey fled to Ptolemaic Egypt. Ancient accounts describe men sent by the court of Ptolemy XIII meeting him as he approached the shore and killing him. September 28 is the conventional modern date for the murder, although the precise day cannot be established with the same certainty as a securely day-dated papyrus.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Plutarch, Life of Pompey
- Caesar, Civil War
Modern scholarship
- Modern classical chronologies conventionally dating Pompey's death to September 28, 48 BC
- Specialist Ptolemaic chronology noting uncertainty in the exact date
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AD 157
Life on This Day
A Family Registers a 25-Day-Old Boy
On September 28, AD 157, Ophelas, his wife Hermione and his brother Castor submitted a Greek declaration concerning Philantinoos alias Isidorus, a boy only 25 days old. The declaration referred to privileges associated with Antinoopolis and preserves a rare administrative glimpse of a newborn entering the documentary record.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 2000
Modern scholarship
- British Library catalogue record
Public links