Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 16
July 16 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 250 BC to AD 4. 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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250 BC
Life on This Day
Game, Eggs and Grapes Are Sent to Zenon’s Network
On July 16, 250 BC, Glaucus reported deliveries that included gazelles, live and dead hares, goose eggs, turtle-doves and grapes.
Sources
Primary evidence
- British Library Papyrus 2098
- P.Lond. VII 1998
Modern scholarship
- British Library Papyri Collection catalogue
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AD 4
Life on This Day
Petorzmethis Pays Twenty Drachmas in Trade Tax
On July 16, AD 4, Petorzmethis son of Bienchis paid twenty drachmas in trade tax on a Greek ostracon.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Ostracon Berlin P. 12659
- SB VI 9545, 29
Modern scholarship
- Texts and Scripts from Elephantine catalogue
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