Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

March 20

March 20 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 226 BCE to 506 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

  1. 226 BCE

    Life on This Day

    Arsinoite nome, Ptolemaic Egypt Economy & Trade High

    Bread, Oil and Wine for a Racing Team

    Cephalon acknowledges receiving bread, oil and wine for drivers, provisions for grooms and oil for lighting, with further goods linked to a disabled horse.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. III 559

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links

  2. 506 CE

    Life on This Day

    Eastern Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A Soldier Appears in a Fragmentary Land Contract

    A fragmentary contract between a woman and the soldier Flavius Daniel concerns land and preserves witness subscriptions.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • SB XVI 12864 / P.Lond. III 867 descr.

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links