Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
October 25
October 25 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 612. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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Two Villagers Promise Not to Steal or Shelter Thieves
On October 25, AD 612, two men gave a written undertaking connected with the Apion estate. They promised not to steal tools, draft animals or other property and not to receive thieves. Each offence carried a penalty of twenty-four gold solidi. A scribe wrote for them because they were illiterate.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. XVI 1981
Modern scholarship
- Scholarly studies of Apion-estate undertakings
- P.Oxy. XVI edition
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