Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 30
July 30 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 243 BC to AD 381. 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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243 BC
Life on This Day
Agathon Rebukes Patron over Ignored Timber Orders
On July 30, 243 BC, Agathon wrote to Patron complaining that timber orders had been ignored and that timber had to be bought elsewhere.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Tebt. III 747
Modern scholarship
- University of California Tebtunis Papyri catalogue
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AD 381
Event That Shaped History
Theodosius Orders Churches Assigned to Nicene Bishops
On July 30, AD 381, at Heraclea, Theodosius I issued CTh 16.1.3, directing that churches be entrusted to bishops aligned with the Nicene episcopal network named in the law and excluding dissenting clergy from those churches.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Codex Theodosianus 16.1.3
Modern scholarship
- Modern scholarship on Theodosian religious legislation
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