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Chapter 8 - Migration, Identity, and Multilingualism in Late Hellenistic Delos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

By
Francesco Rovai
Edited by
James Clackson ,
Patrick James ,
Katherine McDonald ,
Livia Tagliapietra  and
Nicholas Zair
James Clackson
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Patrick James
Affiliation:
Saffron Walden County High School
Katherine McDonald
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Livia Tagliapietra
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Nicholas Zair
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Summary

In the aftermath of Rome’s defeat of Macedonia at the Battle of Pydna, which established the Republic as a major power in the eastern Mediterranean, Hellenistic Delos lost its formal independence (it was under the patronage of the Antigonid monarchy) and was placed by Rome under the rule of Athens in 166 BC.

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Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean , pp. 171 - 202
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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