Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 18
February 18 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 13. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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AD 13
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Officials Process the Purchase of Formerly Ownerless Wood
On February 18, AD 13, official correspondence at Oxyrhynchus dealt with Didymus son of Heraclides purchasing wood that had previously been treated as ownerless. The surviving sheet preserves communication between district and village officials.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. IX 1188 = British Library Papyrus 2071, TM 21575
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
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