Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

October 12

October 12 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 537. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

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  1. AD 537

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    A Wine Contract Sets Rules for Quality and Delivery

    On October 12, AD 537, the vine-dresser Aurelius Apollos acknowledged payment connected with 300 measures of wine for Flavius Georgius. The agreement governed later delivery after the vintage, provided for vats and addressed inferior-quality wine. It preserves the practical standards behind a substantial agricultural transaction.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • SB XXII 15597 = TM 45049; British Library Papyrus 997

    Modern scholarship

    • British Library Archives and Manuscripts catalogue

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