Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

April 19

April 19 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 165 to AD 531. 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. AD 165

    Life on This Day

    Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt Society & Daily Life High

    Animals Are Used to Transport Grain

    Official correspondence concerns animals used in the transportation of grain.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. XVIII 2182

    Modern scholarship

    • Audited catalogue, edition or scholarly source linked in public_source_links

    Public links

  2. AD 531

    Event That Shaped History

    Callinicum, Euphrates frontier Warfare & Strategy High

    Belisarius loses at Callinicum

    On April 19, 531, Belisarius’s Eastern Roman army fought the Sasanians at Callinicum and was defeated.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Oxford University Press discussion

    Modern scholarship

    • Audited catalogue, edition or scholarly source linked in public_source_links

    Public links