Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 7
February 7 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 194 to AD 457. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 194
Life on This Day
A Roman Veteran Adds a Codicil to His Will
On February 7, AD 194, the veteran Gaius Longinus Castor added a codicil to his will. He appointed Marcus Sempronius Heraclianus as trustee and made an additional bequest to his kinsman Julius Serenus.
Sources
Primary evidence
- BGU I 326 = Select Papyri I 85
Modern scholarship
- Select Papyri translation hosted by Attalus
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AD 457
Event That Shaped History
Leo I Becomes Eastern Roman Emperor
On February 7, AD 457, Leo I was acclaimed and crowned as Eastern Roman emperor after the death of Marcian. The accession ceremonies are described in the later Book of Ceremonies and the date also begins Leo’s first regnal year in papyrological chronology.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Constantine VII, De Ceremoniis I.91
- Eastern Roman regnal chronology
Modern scholarship
- Łukasz Pigoński, Military Elites and their Influence on the Eastern Roman Empire
- Trismegistos regnal-year calendar for Leo I
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