Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
March 3
March 3 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 323 CE to 421 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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323 CE
Life on This Day
Three Neighbors Take Responsibility for a Tree
A bronze-worker, linen dealer and reader agree to care for a newly planted persea tree beside their homes.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. XLI 2969
Modern scholarship
- 4CARE papyrological artefact database
Public links
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421 CE
Life on This Day
An Estate Manager Closes the Rent Books
Flavius Phoebammon acknowledges that Aurelius Maximinus has handed over rents collected from cultivators, paid partly in produce and partly in money.
Sources
Primary evidence
- P.Oxy. VIII 1134
Modern scholarship
- British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
Public links