Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

February 3

February 3 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 154. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 154

    Life on This Day

    Karanis, Arsinoite nome, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    Valeria Diodora Sells a House and Two Courtyards

    On February 3, AD 154, Valeria Diodora sold a house and two courtyards at Karanis to the Roman cavalry veteran Gaius Iulius Niger for 800 drachmas. The transaction became part of the family archive found in the house.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Gaius Apolinarius Niger family archive, University of Michigan Papyrology Collection

    Modern scholarship

    • University of Michigan, Snapshots of Daily Life: Gaius Apolinarius Niger and His Family

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