Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

May 11

May 11 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 218 BC to AD 330. 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. 218 BC

    Life on This Day

    Magdola, Ptolemaic Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    Sosigenes’s Petition Enters the Royal Administration

    A petition from Sosigenes concerning concealed property and money was entered into the Ptolemaic administrative record on May 11, 218 BC.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Enteux. 28

    Modern scholarship

    • Modern edition of the Enteuxeis papyri

    Public links

  2. AD 330

    Event That Shaped History

    Constantinople Politics & Power High

    Constantinople Is Formally Dedicated

    On May 11, AD 330, Constantine formally dedicated his new imperial capital at the site of Byzantium.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Late Roman chronological tradition for the dedication of Constantinople

    Modern scholarship

    • Oxford University Press historical discussion

    Public links