Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 1
July 1 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning AD 69 to AD 211. 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 69
Event That Shaped History
Egyptian Troops Swear Allegiance to Vespasian at Alexandria
On July 1, AD 69, Tiberius Julius Alexander, prefect of Egypt, administered to the troops at Alexandria the oath of allegiance to Vespasian. The date was subsequently treated as the beginning of Vespasian’s reign.
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Primary evidence
- Tacitus, Histories 2.79
Modern scholarship
- Modern Roman imperial chronology
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AD 211
Life on This Day
A Wheat Delivery Is Receipted at Thebes
On July 1, AD 211, a Greek ostracon at Thebes acknowledged a delivery of wheat within the fiscal grain system.
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