Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 23
December 23 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 385 to AD 477. 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 385
Life on This Day
Landowners Are Protected from Excessive Transport Burdens
On December 23, AD 385, an imperial law ordered that landowners should not be forced to provision post stations or transport taxes in kind from unreasonable distances. Assignments had to reflect distance and necessity.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Codex Justinianus 10.16.8 = C.Th. 11.1.21
Modern scholarship
- University of Wyoming Annotated Justinian Code
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AD 477
Life on This Day
Zeno Restricts Imperial Rescripts to Truthful Petitions
On December 23, AD 477, Zeno ordered that imperial rescripts must rest on truthful petitions and that pragmatic sanctions should concern public bodies or public matters rather than ordinary private transactions.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Codex Justinianus 1.23.7
Modern scholarship
- University of Wyoming Annotated Justinian Code
Public links