Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 8
July 8 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 145 to AD 239. Together, the entries below connect this calendar date with different moments in the ancient Greek world through historical and documentary evidence.
Across the centuries
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AD 145
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Pachnoubis Pays a Local Contribution
On July 8, AD 145, Pachnoubis paid two drachmas and two obols as a local contribution recorded on a Greek ostracon.
Sources
Primary evidence
- O.Wilck. 198
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine catalogue
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AD 239
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Gordian III Rules on the Status of Unregistered Legitimate Children
On July 8, AD 239, an imperial rescript declared that failure to register legitimate children did not by itself make them illegitimate.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Tebt. II 285
Modern scholarship
- University of California Tebtunis Papyri catalogue
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