Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
August 13
August 13 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 157 to AD 582. 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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AD 157
Life on This Day
A Tax Payment Involving Behen Nuts Is Receipted
On August 13, AD 157, a Greek ostracon recorded a fiscal payment involving behen nuts.
Sources
Primary evidence
- O.Ashm. 20
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine database
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AD 582
Event That Shaped History
Tiberius II Names Maurice Augustus
On August 13, AD 582, the dying emperor Tiberius II elevated Maurice to the rank of Augustus, transferring imperial authority to the general who would rule the eastern empire for two decades.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Late antique chronicles of the succession of Tiberius II and Maurice
Modern scholarship
- Cambridge History material on Maurice and the late sixth-century empire
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