Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 26
February 26 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 3 verified records spanning 128 BCE to AD 398. 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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128 BCE
Life on This Day
A Marriage Contract Is Registered in the Arsinoite Nome
A fragmentary marriage contract from the Arsinoite nome is dated February 26, 128 BCE. Although much of its wording is lost, the document securely preserves the legal act and its exact date.
Sources
Primary evidence
- SB I 4459 = P.Cairo II 30607
Modern scholarship
- Roman Law Library / DDbDP text
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AD 364
Event That Shaped History
Valentinian I Accepts the Imperial Office at Nicaea
On February 26, AD 364, Valentinian accepted the imperial office at Nicaea after officials and the army had selected him to succeed Jovian. The acceptance was delayed during the Roman bissextile observance.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae XXVI
Modern scholarship
- De Imperatoribus Romanis, Valentinian I
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AD 398
Event That Shaped History
John Chrysostom Is Consecrated Bishop of Constantinople
On February 26, AD 398, John Chrysostom was consecrated bishop of Constantinople by Theophilus of Alexandria in the presence of a large assembly of bishops.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History VI.2 and VI.5
Modern scholarship
- Wendy Mayer and Pauline Allen scholarship on John Chrysostom
- Catholic Encyclopedia chronology
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