Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
September 29
September 29 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 281. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
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AD 281
Life on This Day
A Pancratiast Lends 152 Drachmas
On September 29, AD 281, Aurelius Cornelius of Hermopolis acknowledged borrowing 152 drachmas from Aurelius Phoebammon, who is identified in the Greek document as a pancratiast. The loan was due to be repaid within the same month, giving us an unusual glimpse of an ancient combat athlete acting as a creditor.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 1243
Modern scholarship
- British Library catalogue record
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