Roman Names in the Cyclades, part II

«…This work aspires to supply a tool to historians of the Roman period, wich could contribute to a deeper perception of how the scattered and remote insular microcosms were incorporated into the Roman oecumene and how the Roman rule dealt with every single part of the territory under its control and vice versa, how locals dealt with Rome as a centre from which power and influence on many levels -administrative, economic, social, cultural- emerged. What these lands on the fringe of the Roman world represented for Rome and how the islanders decoded whatever influence came from the centre, are questions which can be answered only on the basis of the combined analysis of various data, onomastics being one them…»

(from the book΄s introduction)