Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

March 30

March 30 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by 2 verified records spanning 88 BCE to 147 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. 88 BCE

    Life on This Day

    Pathyris, Ptolemaic Egypt Politics & Power Reconstructed

    Supplies Become Urgent During Unrest at Pathyris

    Platon sends commander Nechthyris instructions about provisions while officials fear disruption around Pathyris.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Bour. 11

    Modern scholarship

    • Modern specialist chronological study

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  2. 147 CE

    Life on This Day

    Soknopaiou Nesos, Arsinoite nome, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    Rent on Sheep: 27 Drachmas, 5 Obols and 6 Chalchi

    Panephremmis pays the recorded rent on sheep at Soknopaiou Nesos, plus surcharges.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • P.Lond. II 312

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

    Public links