Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
March 26
March 26 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 107 CE to 590 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
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107 CE
Life on This Day
A Soldier at Bostra Writes Home
Iulius Apollinarius writes from Bostra to his father Sabinus, worries about the lack of replies, reports that military life is going well and asks for linen clothing while describing his prospects in the legion.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Mich. VIII 466
Modern scholarship
- Papyri.info / Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri
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590 CE
Event That Shaped History
Maurice Crowns Theodosius Augustus
At Easter 590, Emperor Maurice crowns his son Theodosius Augustus. The modern March 26 date depends on the Easter chronology for that year.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Chronicon Paschale and Eastern Roman coronation chronology
Modern scholarship
- Oxford scholarship on late-sixth-century Eastern Roman chronology
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