Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
June 19
June 19 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 118 BC to AD 325. 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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118 BC
Life on This Day
A Loan of One Hundred Twenty Artabas of Barley Is Repaid
On June 19, 118 BC, a Greek deed recorded repayment of a loan of 120 artabas of barley.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 669
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
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AD 325
Event That Shaped History
The Nicene Creed Is Formally Ratified
A reconstructed conciliar chronology places the formal ratification of the Nicene Creed on June 19, AD 325 during the Council of Nicaea.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Creed of the Synod of Nicaea
- Later conciliar records
Modern scholarship
- William G. Rusch, The Trinitarian Controversy
Public links