Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 23

January 23 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 538. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 538

    Life on This Day

    Aphrodito, Byzantine Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A Fishermen’s Association Makes a Formal Agreement

    On January 23, AD 538, a Greek agreement recorded the organized association of fishermen at Aphrodito and its leaders. The document shows working fishermen acting collectively through a recognized occupational body.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • SB III 6704

    Modern scholarship

    • Papyri.info
    • Philip Harland, Greco-Roman Associations

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