Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

February 5

February 5 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 304. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

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  1. AD 304

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    Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt Religion & Ideas High

    A Church Lector Declares Church Property During the Great Persecution

    On February 5, AD 304, Aurelius Ammonius, lector of a former church at Oxyrhynchus, submitted a declaration concerning church property during the Great Persecution. The text states that a bronze vessel had already been handed over to the logistes for Alexandria.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. XXXIII 2673

    Modern scholarship

    • Oxford University Papyrology, Declaration of Church Property

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