Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 26

January 26 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 83. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 83

    Life on This Day

    Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    Receipts Record Poll, Pig and Embankment Taxes

    On January 26, AD 83, Greek tax receipts recorded payments connected with the poll tax, a pig tax and embankment maintenance. Together they show how many different obligations could touch a household in Roman Egypt.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. II 289; P.Lond. III 799

    Modern scholarship

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

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