Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
February 27
February 27 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 3 verified records spanning AD 108 to AD 425. 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 108
Life on This Day
A Young Man Acknowledges Payment from a Family Bequest
On February 27, AD 108, Castor, aged twenty-two, acknowledged receiving 401 drachmas and 2 obols from his uncle Heraclides. The payment represented one-third of a sum still due under a 2,000-drachma family bequest.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Fam.Tebt. 10 = British Library Papyrus 1957, TM 10727
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
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AD 380
Event That Shaped History
The Edict of Thessalonica Defines Imperial Nicene Orthodoxy
On February 27, AD 380, Theodosius I, Gratian and Valentinian II issued the constitution later preserved as CTh 16.1.2. It directed their subjects toward the Nicene Christianity associated with the bishops of Rome and Alexandria.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Codex Theodosianus 16.1.2
Modern scholarship
- Modern scholarship on Theodosius I and Nicene policy
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AD 425
Event That Shaped History
Theodosius II Regulates Public Higher Education in Constantinople
On February 27, AD 425, Theodosius II and Valentinian III issued legislation at Constantinople organizing publicly supported teaching in Greek and Latin. The law assigned teaching posts and public lecture spaces while distinguishing public instruction from private tuition.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Codex Theodosianus 14.9.3 and 15.1.53
Modern scholarship
- Journal of Hellenic Studies
- Oxford Academic scholarship on language practice
- Legal history scholarship on CTh 14.9.3
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