Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 19
December 19 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 123. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 123
Life on This Day
Thaesis Makes Her Will at the Age of Seventy-Eight
On December 19, AD 123, the seventy-eight-year-old Thaesis made a Greek will covering property, obligations and arrangements connected with her funeral. The document preserves both family planning and the practical costs of death.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Tebt. II 381
Modern scholarship
- Tebtunis Papyri and DDbDP publication tradition
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