Rebecca Sweetman is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews and has served as the Director of the British School at Athens. A scholar of Roman and Late Antique Greece, she is the editor of The Mosaics of Roman Crete (2013) and Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation (2011).

• 1. Cyclades: islands, scholarship and methodology; 2. Cyclades: life, death and settlement patterns; 3. Cyclades economy; 4. Sanctuaries and churches; 5. Island populations and visitors; 6. Conclusion: connectivity and resilience; Appendix 1. Gazetteer of Roman and late antique sites on the Cyclades; Appendix 2. Mosaics; Bibliography.

Rebecca Sweetman is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews and has served as the Director of the British School at Athens. A scholar of Roman and Late Antique Greece, she is the editor of The Mosaics of Roman Crete (2013) and Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation (2011).

• 1. Cyclades: islands, scholarship and methodology; 2. Cyclades: life, death and settlement patterns; 3. Cyclades economy; 4. Sanctuaries and churches; 5. Island populations and visitors; 6. Conclusion: connectivity and resilience; Appendix 1. Gazetteer of Roman and late antique sites on the Cyclades; Appendix 2. Mosaics; Bibliography.

Rebecca Sweetman is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews and has served as the Director of the British School at Athens. A scholar of Roman and Late Antique Greece, she is the editor of The Mosaics of Roman Crete (2013) and Roman Colonies in the First Century of their Foundation (2011).

• 1. Cyclades: islands, scholarship and methodology; 2. Cyclades: life, death and settlement patterns; 3. Cyclades economy; 4. Sanctuaries and churches; 5. Island populations and visitors; 6. Conclusion: connectivity and resilience; Appendix 1. Gazetteer of Roman and late antique sites on the Cyclades; Appendix 2. Mosaics; Bibliography.