Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
June 13
June 13 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 51 to AD 313. 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 51
Life on This Day
Five Days of Dyke Work Are Certified
On June 13, AD 51, Panephremmis received a Greek certificate for five days of compulsory work on the Nile dykes.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 139b
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
Public links
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AD 313
Event That Shaped History
Licinius Publishes the Nicomedia Toleration Settlement
On June 13, AD 313, Licinius published at Nicomedia a settlement granting religious toleration and ordering restoration of confiscated Christian property.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum 48
Modern scholarship
- Oxford Classical Dictionary discussion of Constantine and Licinius
Public links