Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 18

January 18 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 323 to AD 474. 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

  1. AD 323

    Life on This Day

    Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt Society & Daily Life High

    A Proclamation Announces an Ephebic Contest

    On January 18, AD 323, a draft Greek proclamation announced a contest for the ephebes scheduled for the following day. The papyrus preserves the administrative preparation behind organized civic competition.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. I 42

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue
    • The Oxyrhynchus Papyri I

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  2. AD 474

    Event That Shaped History

    Constantinople, Eastern Roman Empire Politics & Power High

    Leo I Dies and Leo II Becomes Sole Eastern Emperor

    On January 18, AD 474, Emperor Leo I died in Constantinople. His young grandson Leo II, already crowned Augustus, became the sole eastern emperor before later elevating his father Zeno as co-emperor.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • Late antique chronological tradition for Leo I and Leo II

    Modern scholarship

    • Modern chronology of Leo II
    • Livius, Leo I

    Public links