Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
December 8
December 8 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 63. 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 63
Life on This Day
A Tax Register Lists Families and Payments
On December 8, AD 63, a Greek tax register listed male taxpayers with family identifications and the sums each paid. It turns an administrative roll into a snapshot of households under taxation.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Lond. II 181 = TM 11644; British Library Papyrus 181
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
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