Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
June 9
June 9 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 92 to AD 204. 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 92
Life on This Day
A Guard Receives Two Months of Wages
On June 9, AD 92, a police official paid a guard 80 drachmas for two months of wages.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 701
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
Public links
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AD 204
Life on This Day
A Grain Receipt Uses the Public Measure at Kerkesoucha
On June 9, AD 204, a Greek grain document at Kerkesoucha recorded delivery measured with the official public standard.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Mich. VI 397
Modern scholarship
- Papyri.info DDbDP
- N. Reggiani, Tax collection and grain measures in Roman Egypt
Public links