Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 9

January 9 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 297. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 297

    Life on This Day

    Oxyrhynchite nome, Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    Village Officials List People Chosen for Compulsory Public Service

    On January 9, AD 297, village officials compiled a Greek list connected with people selected for compulsory public services. The sheet preserves the administrative burden of liturgies imposed on local communities.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. XLIV 3184

    Modern scholarship

    • The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XLIV
    • 4CARE artefact record

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