Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
August 10
August 10 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 102 BC to AD 133. 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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102 BC
Life on This Day
A Grain Payment Is Receipted at Pathyris
On August 10, 102 BC, a Greek receipt at Pathyris acknowledged a delivery of grain.
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AD 133
Life on This Day
Poll Tax Is Paid to the Supervisors of Syene
On August 10, AD 133, a Greek ostracon recorded a poll-tax payment to Iulius Sabinus, Gellius Perses and their associate supervisors of Syene.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Egerton Ostracon 5 = TM 987461
Modern scholarship
- British Library Ostraca Collection catalogue
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