Regionalism and Change in the Economy of Independent Delos
  Acknowledgments
  Special Abbreviations
  Note on Transliteration and Translation

 collapse sectionChapter 1—  Introduction
 •General Considerations
 •Matters of Detail
 •The Character of the Evidence
 •Prices As Market Prices
 •Currencies
 •A Note on the Delian Calendar
 collapse sectionChapter 2—  The Political Position of Independent Delos
 •The Political History of the Kyklades, 314–167 B.C.
 •The Strategic Interest of the Kyklades to Outside Hegemones
 •The Islands As Stepping-Stones
 •The Effects of War
 •Suppression of Piracy
 •Methods of Control:  The Nesiotic League and Other Officials
 •Garrisons
 •Military Service
 •Tribute and Taxes
 collapse sectionInterference in Internal Affairs
 •The Independent Kyklades:  245–200 B.C.
 •Coinage
 •New Political Arrangements
 collapse sectionThe Rise in Piracy
 •Politics and Economy
 collapse sectionChapter 3—  Delos and the Kyklades:  A Regional Economy
 •The Scope of Delian Economic Connections
 •Origins of People Engaged in Economic Activity on Delos
 collapse sectionThe Scope of Delian Trade
 •The Purposes of Individual Proxeny Decrees.
 •Decrees from Specific Geographic Regions and the Delian Economy
 •Rhodos
 •The Hellespontos and the Black Sea
 •Khios
 •Grants of Privileges and the Role of Honorands
 •The Ancient Economy and Regionalism
 collapse sectionChapter 4—  The Grain Supply of Delos and the Delian Grain Trade
 •The Population of Delos
 •Levels of Individual Grain Consumption
 •Production at Home
 •Production on Rheneia and Mykonos
 •Production in the Rest of the Kyklades
 •The Potential of Farther Neighbors
 collapse sectionLong-Distance Imports
 •Transit Trade in Grain
 •The Third Century to ca. 240 B.C.
 •After ca. 240 B.C.
 •The Price of Grain and Long-Distance Trade
 collapse sectionChapter 5—  The Prices of Olive Oil, Pigs, and Firewood
 •Character and Limitations of the Data
 •Analysis of the Price Data
 •Month-To-Month Fluctuations and Seasonal Cycles
 collapse sectionLong-Term Price Histories
 •The Impact of Military Operations
 •Olive Oil
 •Firewood
 •Pigs
 collapse sectionChapter 6—  The Rent Histories of Estates and Houses
 •The Origin and Character of the Estates
 •Commodity Prices and Estate Rents, ca. 280–169 B.C.
 •Grain Prices and Rents
 •Olive Oil Prices and Rents
 •Firewood Prices and Rents
 collapse sectionLivestock Prices and Rents
 •Rent History until 290 B.C. and Kent's Wine Hypothesis
 •Rent Levels, 314-290 B.C.
 •Rental Practice in the Later Amphiktyonic Period (350-315 B.C. ) and during Early Independence (314-290 B.C. )
 •The Impact of the Hiera Syngraphe (ID 503)
 •The Differing Responses of Group I and II Estates
 collapse sectionWine Prices and Rents for Group II Estates
 •The Rents of Sacred Houses
 collapse sectionChapter 7—  Toward a Delian Economic History
 •The History of Delian Economy
 •Period I (314–290 B.C. ):  Uncertainty and Adjustment
 •Period II (CA. 290–230 B.C. ):  The Steady Economy
 collapse sectionPeriod III (CA. 230–167 B.C. ):  The "New Prosperity"
 •The Rhodians
 •Politics and the Economy
 •Further Directions

 collapse sectionAppendix I—  Additional Notes
 •Status of the of 282 B.C.
 •Melian Yields in 1670
 •Dedications to Massinissa on Delos
 •Documents Relating to Grain Shortages in Boiotia and Euboia
 •The Decree for Boulagoras of Samos and the Third Syrian War
 •The Estate Epistheneia
 •ID 503—  The Date of the Hiera Syngraphe
 •Were Houses 1 and 2 Residences?
  Appendix II—  Some Remarks on Statistical Analysis
  Appendix III—  Prices of Firewood, Olive Oil, Pigs, and Grains (Barley and Wheat) on Delos, 314–169 B.C.
 collapse sectionAppendix IV—  Rents of Estates and Houses on Delos, 314–169 B.C.
 •Temple Estates
 •Estates on Delos
 •Estates on Mykonos
 •Commercial and Residential Buildings:—  The "Holy Houses" Commercial and Residential Buildings: The "Holy Houses"
 collapse sectionAncient and Premodern Weights and Measures, with Modern Equivalents
 •Measures of Capacity
 •Measures of Surface Area
 •Measures of Weight and Monetary Units
 •Premodern Turkish Measures
  Works Cited
 collapse sectionGeneral Index
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 collapse sectionIndex of Sources
 •I—  Ancient Authors
 •A—  Emended or Reread
 •B—  Dated
 •C—  Quoted and/or Translated
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