Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 21
December 21 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 101. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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AD 101
Life on This Day
A Mother Officially Reports a Death
On December 21, AD 101, a Greek notification of death records Thatres formally reporting the death of Mersios. Such notices linked family loss to the administrative records that determined taxation and legal status.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Greek notification of death dated December 21, AD 101
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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