Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 24
February 24 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 12 BCE to AD 303. 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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12 BCE
Life on This Day
A Woman Confirms Repayment of a 220-Drachma Loan
On February 24, 12 BCE, Isidora daughter of Apollonios, represented by her brother Isidoros, confirmed that Hermias had repaid a 220-drachma loan with interest. Two title deeds pledged as security were returned.
Sources
Primary evidence
- BGU IV 1167 II = Berlin Papyrus P 13127 recto text 4, TM 18618
Modern scholarship
- Berlin Papyrus Database
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AD 303
Event That Shaped History
Diocletian’s First Persecution Edict Is Published at Nicomedia
On February 24, AD 303, the first imperial edict of the Great Persecution was posted at Nicomedia. Surviving accounts indicate that it ordered churches destroyed and scriptures burned while stripping Christians of legal and social protections.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum 13
- Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History VIII.2
Modern scholarship
- Stephen Mitchell, Maximinus and the Christians in A.D. 312: A New Latin Inscription
- Jonathan Bardill, Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age
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