Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 8
October 8 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 538. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 538
Life on This Day
A Father Leases a One-Third Share of Land to His Son
On October 8, AD 538, Silvanus son of Phoebammon leased from his son Petrus a one-third share of plots in three locations around the village of Enseu. The arrangement could continue for as long as the lessee wished. Witnesses and a notary authenticated the Greek contract.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Bas. II 53 = SB XVIII 13584 = TM 36280; British Library Papyrus 1013
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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