Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

December 3

December 3 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 191. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 191

    Life on This Day

    Elephantine, Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    A Receipt Funds Guard Posts and River Police

    On December 3, AD 191, a Greek receipt records contributions connected with guard posts, the praetorium ship and river-police boats. The payment offers a compact view of how local security infrastructure was financed.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • ERC Elephantine dataset 312757

    Modern scholarship

    • Texts & Scripts from Elephantine

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