Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

April 20

April 20 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 223 BC to AD 53. 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. 223 BC

    Life on This Day

    Elephantine, Ptolemaic Egypt Society & Daily Life High

    A husband and wife pay their annual salt tax

    Pamuni and his wife Taimut paid their annual salt tax at Elephantine on April 20, 223 BCE.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Berliner Papyrusdatenbank record 02892

    Modern scholarship

    • Audited catalogue, edition or scholarly source linked in public_source_links

    Public links

  2. AD 53

    Life on This Day

    Theadelphia, Roman Egypt Society & Daily Life High

    Aunes Pays the Bath Tax

    Aunes paid two drachmas and three obols in bath tax at Theadelphia.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Mil. I.1 12

    Modern scholarship

    • Audited catalogue, edition or scholarly source linked in public_source_links

    Public links