Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 6
October 6 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 121. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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AD 121
Life on This Day
Six Men Apply to Lease Land for Two Years
On October 6, AD 121, six men from Hermopolis applied to lease land for a two-year term. Their application was addressed to Marcus Antonius Pallas and preserved the rent arrangements alongside the final dating clause. The document captures a practical negotiation over agricultural land rather than a retrospective account.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. III 1223 = Chrest.Wilck. 370 = TM 22846; British Library Papyrus 1223
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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