Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 12
July 12 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 255 BC to AD 155. 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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255 BC
Life on This Day
Stonecutters Complain That Promised Supplies Have Not Arrived
On July 12, 255 BC, foremen of stonecutters wrote to Cleon complaining that they were being wronged and asking him to ensure that Dionysius and Diotimus supplied what had been agreed.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 530
- P.Petrie Kleon 55
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
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AD 155
Life on This Day
Papremithes Pays a Four-Drachma Contribution
On July 12, AD 155, Papremithes paid four drachmas in a local contribution recorded on a Greek ostracon.
Sources
Primary evidence
- O.Bankes 21
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine catalogue
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