Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

February 10

February 10 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 108. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 108

    Life on This Day

    Soknopaiou Nesos / Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    A Later Copy Preserves an Arson Case Against Temple Priests

    A later papyrus copy preserves court proceedings held on February 10, AD 108 involving priests from Soknopaiou Nesos and an accusation of arson. The copy records questioning by officials in a dispute whose earlier paperwork had become part of the case.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Mich. inv. 6060, column II

    Modern scholarship

    • ZPE, A Petition and Court Proceedings: P. Michigan inv. 6060

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