Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

January 28

January 28 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 146. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 146

    Life on This Day

    Soknopaiou Nesos, Arsinoite nome, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A Camel Owner Reports That One of His Four Animals Has Died

    On January 28, AD 146, Stotoetis formally declared that one of his four camels had died and registered the three surviving animals. The papyrus shows livestock ownership reaching directly into government record keeping.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. II 309

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue

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