Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
January 20
January 20 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 6 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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6 BC
Life on This Day
A Banker Records the Final Payment for Five Oxen
On January 20, 6 BC, a private-bank receipt recorded the final payment of sixty drachmas for five oxen. The document even distinguished the animals by color, listing three red oxen and two white ones.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. III 890
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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