Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
March 8
March 8 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 482 CE to 532 CE. 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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482 CE
Life on This Day
Six Pounds of Meat for a Count
Ioannes orders the butcher Serenus to provide six pounds of meat for the comes Diogenes.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. X 1335 / P.Lond. 2075
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
Public links
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532 CE
Life on This Day
A Blacksmith Rents a Building
A building is leased to Aurelius Cyriacus, identified in the contract as a blacksmith.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. V 1691
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
Public links