Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 22
October 22 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 365. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
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AD 365
Life on This Day
Sixty-One Arouras of Land Change Hands
On October 22, AD 365, a Greek copy of a land sale recorded forty-nine arouras of private land and twelve arouras of royal land near Sinkepha. The document names the buyer and seller and preserves the scale of the transaction. It shows private and state-classified land appearing together in one transfer.
Sources
Primary evidence
- SB III 6612 = TM 18823; British Library Papyrus 2227
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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