Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 28
December 28 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated 256 BC. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
Across the centuries
On This Day
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256 BC
Life on This Day
A Greek Letter Deals with Canal and Irrigation Work
On December 28, 256 BC, a Greek administrative letter from the Ptolemaic period concerned canal and irrigation work. It preserves the routine coordination required to manage cultivated land and water.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Greek irrigation letter dated December 28, 256 BC
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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