Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
November 29
November 29 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 57 to AD 528. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 57
Life on This Day
A Dowry Is Repaid After a Husband’s Death
On November 29, AD 57, Ammonarion and her daughter Ophelous agreed to accept a payment from Antiphanes, a relative of Ammonarion’s deceased husband Heracles. The Greek contract concerns the repayment of a dowry after the husband’s death.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. II 268
Modern scholarship
- Grenfell and Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II
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AD 528
Event That Shaped History
A Major Earthquake Devastates Antioch
On November 29, AD 528, a major earthquake struck Antioch, one of the eastern empire’s greatest cities. The event came only years after earlier disasters and added another severe shock to the metropolis.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle, with Theophanes and Malalas as parallel traditions
Modern scholarship
- Witold Witakowski, trans. and notes, Liverpool University Press, 1996
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