Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

March 16

March 16 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 102 CE to 217 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. 102 CE

    Life on This Day

    Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    A Petitioner Asks for Protection

    A petitioner appeals to a higher authority after alleged mistreatment and asks for official protection.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Oxy. XXII 2342

    Modern scholarship

    • Specialist papyrological study

    Public links

  2. 217 CE

    Life on This Day

    Hermopolis, Roman Egypt Law & Civic Life High

    A 30-Year-Old Woman Files Her Census Declaration

    Aurelia Dioscorous, aged 30, submits a census declaration at Hermopolis.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. III 936

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links