Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
August 29
August 29 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 95 to AD 232. 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 95
Life on This Day
A Land Transfer Is Registered with the Agoranomoi
On August 29, AD 95, a Greek land-transfer document from Oxyrhynchus recorded a conveyance to the agoranomoi and preserved Heraklas’ own signature.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. I 45
Modern scholarship
- Papyrological studies of Oxyrhynchite conveyancing and document chronology
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AD 232
Life on This Day
A Gymnasiarch Is Crowned, Sacrifices Are Made and a Procession Follows
On August 29, AD 232, the strategos Aurelius Leontas recorded the crowning of a gymnasiarch, sacrifices in the Caesareum and gymnasium, libations, prayers and a procession.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Par. 69
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine database; modern Severan chronology
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