Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 10
July 10 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 28 BC to AD 69. 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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28 BC
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Ptolemaeus Sends Instructions to Thamounis
On July 10, 28 BC, Ptolemaeus sent a Greek letter of instructions to Thamounis.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 3109, left papyrus
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
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AD 69
Life on This Day
Pasinous Pays Poll Tax and Trade Tax
On July 10, AD 69, Pasinous paid sixteen drachmas in poll tax and twenty drachmas in trade tax on a Greek ostracon.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Elephantine ostracon, Gustavianum VM 1369
- SB I 1931
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine catalogue
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