Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

July 25

July 25 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 41 to AD 113. 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

  1. AD 41

    Life on This Day

    Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    A Contract Preserves a Cession of Three Arouras

    On July 25, AD 41, a Greek contract preserved a clause recording the cession of three arouras of land.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Mich. V 331

    Modern scholarship

    • University of Michigan APIS

    Public links

  2. AD 113

    Life on This Day

    Tebtunis region, Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    Lysimachus Receives His Share of a Family Loan

    On July 25, AD 113, Lysimachus acknowledged receiving fifty-four silver drachmas plus interest from his brother Heraclides as his share of a 108-drachma loan.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • British Library Papyrus 1901
    • P.Fam.Tebt. 16

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Papyri Collection catalogue

    Public links