Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

March 14

March 14 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 256 BCE to 570 CE. 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

  1. 256 BCE

    Life on This Day

    Arsinoite nome, Ptolemaic Egypt Society & Daily Life High

    Five Drachmas for Planting Castor-Oil Plants

    Hermippus acknowledges receiving five drachmas for planting castor-oil plants.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. VII 1959

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links

  2. 570 CE

    Life on This Day

    Eastern Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    A 300-Artaba Boat Is Leased

    Aurelius Pecysis leases a boat described as capable of carrying 300 artabas.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. V 1714

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links