Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
July 9
July 9 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 3 verified records spanning AD 3 to AD 551. 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 3
Life on This Day
Hippolitos Tries to Stop Wheat Being Given Away
On July 9, AD 3, Hippolitos wrote to Akousilaos asking him not to let wheat be given to associates of his sons.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Tebt. II 408
Modern scholarship
- Papyri.info DDbDP
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AD 381
Event That Shaped History
The First Council of Constantinople Concludes
A reconstructed conciliar chronology places the conclusion of the First Council of Constantinople on July 9, AD 381. The council reaffirmed Nicene orthodoxy and issued canons governing the eastern church.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Conciliar acts and later transmission of the Council of Constantinople
Modern scholarship
- Modern critical scholarship on the Council of Constantinople
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AD 551
Event That Shaped History
A Great Earthquake and Tsunami Devastate Beirut and the Phoenician Coast
Historical and seismological reconstruction identifies July 9, AD 551 as the day a major earthquake struck Beirut and the Phoenician coast. A tsunami followed and severe coastal destruction is documented.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Late antique accounts of the Beirut earthquake
Modern scholarship
- Modern historical seismology of the AD 551 Beirut earthquake
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