Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 18
October 18 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 132. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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AD 132
Life on This Day
A Woman Appoints Her Husband to Handle the Sale of a Slave Girl
On October 18, AD 132, Heracleia, acting with a family guardian, appointed her husband Heraclides alias Valerius to represent her in the sale of a slave girl named Athenarion. The Greek document records Heracleia’s age and legal representation, offering a close view of property, slavery and women’s legal agency.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Fam.Tebt. 27 = TM 10745; British Library Papyrus 1966
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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