Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 29

January 29 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 185. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 185

    Life on This Day

    Memphis, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A Memphis Resident Pays the Poll Tax

    On January 29, AD 185, a Greek receipt from Memphis recorded payment of the poll tax. A modern specialist re-edition confirms both the nature of the tax and the exact date.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. III 845b

    Modern scholarship

    • Nikolaos Gonis, A Tax Receipt from Memphis in the British Museum

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