Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 25
December 25 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 133. 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 133
Life on This Day
Valerius Pays Customs Dues at the Philadelphia Gate
On December 25, AD 133, a complete Greek customs receipt recorded Valerius paying dues at the gate of Philadelphia for the tax supporting protection of the desert routes. Remains of the clay seal still survive.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. II 469a = TM 11752; British Library Papyrus 469
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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