Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 4
February 4 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 134. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 134
Life on This Day
Nine Scribes Are Hired to Copy Population Lists
On February 4, AD 134, officials in the Arsinoite metropolis contracted nine scribes to prepare copies of population lists. The agreement offers a rare view of the clerical labor behind Roman Egyptian registration and recordkeeping.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Mich. XI 603
Modern scholarship
- University of Michigan scholarship on writing and writers in antiquity
- Egyptian Inscriptions metadata
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