Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
June 2
June 2 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 110 to AD 128. 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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AD 110
Life on This Day
A Greek Family Property Document Is Drawn Up in Arabia
On June 2, AD 110, a Greek document from the Babatha archive recorded property held within a family in the Roman province of Arabia.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Yadin 5
Modern scholarship
- Babatha archive scholarship
- Modern papyrological edition
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AD 128
Life on This Day
A Prefectural Hearing Records a Family Marriage Dispute
On June 2, AD 128, a hearing at Alexandria recorded a dispute in which a father-in-law was accused of removing his married daughter from her husband against her will.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Judicial record quoted in P.Oxy. II 237, col. VII 19-29
- Sel.Pap. II 258
Modern scholarship
- Jakub Urbanik, Journal of Juristic Papyrology 49 (2019)
- Modern studies of the Dionysia dossier
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