Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

December 10

December 10 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 63. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 63

    Life on This Day

    Elephantine, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A Palm-Grove Survey Tax Is Paid

    On December 10, AD 63, a Greek receipt records payment of a survey tax connected with palm groves. The small transaction shows how agricultural land was measured and taxed.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • ERC Elephantine dataset 3406

    Modern scholarship

    • Texts & Scripts from Elephantine

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