| List of illustrations | xix | ||
| List of maps | xxiii | ||
| Preface to the second edition | xxv | ||
| List of abbreviations | xxvii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: The Reign of Alexander (texts 1–25) | 18 | ||
| 1 | The Parian Marble (264/3): Alexander’s reign and the age of the Successors to 301 | 19 | |
| 2 | The origins of Alexander’s war on the Persians | 23 | |
| 3 | The beginning of Alexander’s reign and the sack of Thebes (336/5) | 24 | |
| 4 | The start of the expedition to Asia (spring 334) | 26 | |
| 5 | Alexander in Asia Minor, administration and politics (334) | 28 | |
| 6 | Letter of Alexander to Chios (332?) | 30 | |
| 7 | Alexander’s manifesto to Darius after Issus (332) | 31 | |
| 8 | The foundation of Alexandria (332/1) | 33 | |
| 9 | Alexander’s visit to the oracle of Ammon (332/1) | 35 | |
| 10 | The destruction of Persepolis and its palace (May 330) | 36 | |
| 11 | The triumph of the Macedonians: a contemporary Athenian view (summer 330) | 38 | |
| 12 | Alexander’s attempt to introduce obeisance (‘proskynesis’) at his court | 40 | |
| 13 | The mutiny at the Hyphasis (326) | 43 | |
| 14 | ‘Maladministration’ in Alexander’s empire | 44 | |
| 15 | Cleomenes of Naucratis | 45 | |
| 16 | Harpalus | 46 | |
| 17 | The marriages at Susa and Alexander’s generosities (324) | 47 | |
| 18 | The mutiny at Opis and the feast of reconciliation (324) | 50 | |
| 19 | Alexander’s decree on the return of Greek exiles (324) | 53 | |
| 20 | Arrian on Alexander’s ultimate aims | 54 | |
| 21 | Alexander’s ‘last plans’ | 55 | |
| 22 | Alexander the bringer of Greek civilisation to Asia? | 57 | |
| 23 | Alexander and the pirate captain | 59 | |
| 24 | A Jewish view of the Macedonian conquest | 59 | |
| 25 | The end of Persia and the rise of Macedon: a contemporary view | 60 | |
| Chapter 2: The Age of the Successors (texts 26–59) | 62 | ||
| 26 | The arrangements at Babylon after the death of Alexander (June 323) | 63 | |
| 27 | The revolt of the Greeks in Bactria (323) | 65 | |
| 28 | The Lamian War of 323/2: Athens under Macedonian domination | 67 | |
| 29 | Ptolemy Ⅰ and Cyrene (322/1) | 69 | |
| 30 | The settlement at Triparadisus (summer 321) | 71 | |
| 31 | The death of Antipater and its consequences (autumn 319) | 72 | |
| 32 | Athens honours Euphron of Sicyon (318/17) | 74 | |
| 33 | Agathocles, ruler of Sicily (316–289) | 76 | |
| 34 | The armies of Eumenes and Antigonus at the battle of Paraetacene (autumn 317) | 78 | |
| 35 | Antigonus denounces Cassander and proclaims the ‘freedom of the Greeks’ (315) | 80 | |
| 36 | Seleucus returns to Babylon (312) | 82 | |
| 37 | The peace of 311 and the end of the Argead dynasty | 83 | |
| 38 | Letter of Antigonus to Scepsis in the Troad (311) | 84 | |
| 39 | Scepsis decrees religious honours to Antigonus on receipt of his letter (311) | 86 | |
| 40 | Treaty between Eupolemus and Theangela on its capitulation (c.310?) | 88 | |
| 41 | The expedition of Ophellas to Carthage (309) | 89 | |
| 42 | Demetrius and the liberation of Athens (307) | 91 | |
| 43 | The ‘ithyphallic hymn’ in honour of Demetrius (291) | 93 | |
| 44 | The Successors assume the royal title (306–304) | 94 | |
| 45 | The ideology of Hellenistic monarchy | 96 | |
| 46 | The doctrines of Euhemerus of Messene on the gods and royalty | 96 | |
| 47 | Demetrius and the siege of Rhodes (305/4) | 98 | |
| 48 | Two letters of Antigonus to Teos concerning the projected synoecism with Lebedus (c.303) | 99 | |
| 49 | Demetrius and the refounding of Sicyon (302) | 105 | |
| 50 | The Hellenic league of 302 | 105 | |
| 51 | Decree of Miletus in honour of Apama (299/8) | 108 | |
| 52 | Demetrius and the Macedonians | 109 | |
| 53 | Letter of Lysimachus to Samos concerning a boundary dispute with Priene (283/2) | 110 | |
| 54 | Decree of Athens in honour of the poet Philippides (283/2) | 112 | |
| 55 | Decree of Athens in honour of Callias of Sphettus (270/69) | 114 | |
| 56 | The career of Lysimachus | 117 | |
| 57 | Seleucus and the foundation of the Seleucid empire | 119 | |
| 58 | The foundations of Seleucus I | 123 | |
| 59 | Pyrrhus, king of Epirus | 125 | |
| Chapter 3: Macedon and the Greek mainland to the Roman conquest (texts 60–100) | 128 | ||
| 60 | Thanksgiving of Cos for the repulse of the Celtic invaders and the saving of Delphi (April–July 278) | 129 | |
| 61 | Decree of Chremonides on the alliance between Athens and Sparta (between 268 and 265) | 130 | |
| 62 | Decree of the Attic deme of Rhamnus in honour of the general Epichares for services during the Chremonidean War | 133 | |
| 63 | Decree of the League (koinon) of Greeks at Plataea in honour of Glaucon son of Eteocles, of Athens (between 261 and 246) | 135 | |
| 64 | Decree of Chios in honour of the Aetolians (247/6?) | 136 | |
| 65 | Decree of Philippi recognising the asylia of Cos (242) | 138 | |
| 66 | Letter of Ziaelas king of the Bithynians recognising the asylia of Cos (242) | 140 | |
| 67 | The rise of the Achaean League | 141 | |
| 68 | Decree of the Achaean League on the admission of (Arcadian) Orchomenus to the Achaean League (c.234) | 145 | |
| 69 | Agis Ⅳ of Sparta (c.263–241) | 146 | |
| 70 | Cleomenes Ⅲ of Sparta (c.260–219) | 148 | |
| 71 | Aratus of Sicyon turns to Antigonus Doson to save the Achaean League from Cleomenes (227–224) | 151 | |
| 72 | The Hellenic League votes for war against the Aetolians (220) | 152 | |
| 73 | The Peace of Naupactus (217) | 154 | |
| 74 | Athens honours Eurycleides for services performed (c.215) | 156 | |
| 75 | Two letters of Philip Ⅴ to Larisa in Thessaly followed by two decrees of the city (217 and 215) | 157 | |
| 76 | Treaty between Hannibal and Philip Ⅴ (215) | 159 | |
| 77 | Alliance between Rome and the Aetolian League (212 or 211) | 161 | |
| 78 | Conflicting views of Macedon’s relations with the Greek world (210) | 163 | |
| 79 | Nabis, tyrant/king of Sparta (207–192) | 165 | |
| 80 | The Peace of Phoenice between Rome and Philip Ⅴ (summer 205) | 166 | |
| 81 | Philip Ⅴ and the siege of Abydus (200) | 167 | |
| 82 | The Athenians cancel honours previously voted to Philip Ⅴ (201/199) | 169 | |
| 83 | The strengths and weaknesses of the Macedonian phalanx (197) | 170 | |
| 84 | The Roman settlement of Greece after the defeat of Philip Ⅴ (196) | 172 | |
| 85 | Aetolian negotiations with the Roman commander (191) | 174 | |
| 86 | The Senate’s peace terms for Aetolia (189) | 176 | |
| 87 | The Achaeans abolish Sparta’s ‘Lycurgan’ constitution (188) | 177 | |
| 88 | Decree of the Amphictyonic Council in honour of a Thessalian (184–3) | 178 | |
| 89 | Philip’s measures to rebuild Macedon (from 185) | 179 | |
| 90 | Regulations on military discipline in the Macedonian army (reign of Philip V) | 180 | |
| 91 | Embassy from Lycia to Rome (178) | 182 | |
| 92 | The mood in the Greek world on the eve of the Third Macedonian War (171) | 183 | |
| 93 | Letter (?) of the Romans to the Delphic Amphictyony, recounting grievances against Perseus (171–170?) | 185 | |
| 94 | Perseus’ forces in 171 | 186 | |
| 95 | Decree of the Senate concerning Thisbae in Boeotia (170) | 187 | |
| 96 | The Roman settlement and partition of Macedon (167) | 189 | |
| 97 | King Prusias of Bithynia and the Senate (167/6) | 192 | |
| 98 | The Roman treatment of Rhodes after Pydna (165) | 193 | |
| 99 | The depopulation of the Greek world in the second century | 194 | |
| 100 | The sack of Corinth by the Romans (146) | 195 | |
| Chapter 4: The Greek cities: social and economic conditions (texts 101–157) | 197 | ||
| 1 TEXTS ARRANGED GEOGRAPHICALLY | |||
| 101 | A third-century description of central Greece | 198 | |
| 102 | Chaos of public affairs in Boeotia (192) | 201 | |
| 103 | The wealthy gentry of Elis in the third century | 202 | |
| 104 | Pirates and the slave trade | 203 | |
| 105 | Decree of Amorgos in honour of two men for help during an incursion of pirates (third century) | 204 | |
| 106 | Athens honours Eumaridas of Cydonia in Crete for rescuing victims of Aetolian pirates (217/16) | 204 | |
| 107 | Treaty between Miletus and Cretan cities against the purchase of citizens and slaves (after 260) | 205 | |
| 108 | Itanos (Crete): oath of loyalty to the state (third century) | 206 | |
| 109 | Oath of Dreros in Crete (c.220?) | 207 | |
| 110 | Strabo on Hellenistic Rhodes | 209 | |
| 111 | The earthquake at Rhodes and the donations from foreign rulers and cities (227/6) | 210 | |
| 112 | The war of Rhodes against Byzantium to protect the freedom of the seas (220) | 212 | |
| 113 | Treaty between Rhodes and Hierapytna in Crete (c.200?) | 213 | |
| 114 | Byzantium and the Black Sea trade | 216 | |
| 115 | Olbia honours Protogenes for many services to the city (late third–early second century) | 217 | |
| 116 | Istria honours Agathocles for many services in defence of the city (c.200–150) | 222 | |
| 2 ECONOMIC LIFE | |||
| 117 | Exemption from taxes for new citizens at Teos (c.300) | 223 | |
| 118 | Decree of Halicarnassus for the repayment of a public debt contracted for the building of a stoa (third century) | 224 | |
| 119 | Oropus opens a subscription for the construction (or repair) of a fortification (third century?) | 226 | |
| 120 | Decree of Istria in honour of Hephaestion of Callatis for remission of a debt (c.200–150) | 226 | |
| 121 | Decree of Crannon (Thessaly) to eliminate debts by raising a subscription (c.168–142?) | 227 | |
| 122 | Extracts from the temple accounts of the Delian hieropoioi (279) | 228 | |
| 123 | Decree of Gortyn on the use of bronze coins (mid-second half of third century) | 233 | |
| 124 | List of convictions for the counterfeiting of coins, from Dyme in Achaea (third–second century) | 233 | |
| 125 | Amphictyonic decree concerning the Athenian tetradrachm (c.140–130?) | 234 | |
| 126 | Harbour regulations at Thasos (third century) | 235 | |
| 127 | Law regulating the sale of wood and charcoal at Delos (c.250–200) | 236 | |
| 128 | Decree of Paros in honour of a man for services especially as agoranomos (second century) | 237 | |
| 129 | Athenian decree concerning weights and measures (late second century) | 238 | |
| 130 | Ephesus honours Agathocles of Rhodes for selling corn cheap (c.300) | 241 | |
| 131 | Entella (in Sicily) honours cities and individuals for the provision of grain (early third century?) | 242 | |
| 132 | Decree of Samos in honour of Boulagoras for many services (240s) | 243 | |
| 133 | Decree of Delos in honour of Aristobulus of Thessalonica, sitones of Demetrius Ⅱ of Macedon (239–229) | 245 | |
| 134 | Decree of Histiaea found at Delos, in honour of a Rhodian in connection with the corn supply (c.230–209) | 246 | |
| 135 | A Samian corn law (c.200) | 247 | |
| 3 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE | |||
| 136 | The Athenian ephebeia in the Hellenistic age (266/5) | 251 | |
| 137 | A gymnasiarchy law from Beroea (first third of second century) | 252 | |
| 138 | Foundation of a school at Miletus (200/199) | 257 | |
| 139 | Foundation of a school at Teos (second century) | 260 | |
| 140 | Victory at the Nemean Games of a Sidonian prince (c.200) | 262 | |
| 141 | Victories of a tragic actor (Tegea, between 276 and 219) | 263 | |
| 142 | Lamia (in Aetolia) honours a poetess from Smyrna (218/17) | 264 | |
| 143 | Decree of the Dionysiac artists in honour of a benefactor (between 197 and 166) | 265 | |
| 144 | Decree of Cnossus in honour of a doctor from Cos (221–219) | 267 | |
| 145 | Decree of Samos in honour of a public doctor (201–197) | 268 | |
| 146 | The miraculous cures at Epidaurus (late fourth century) | 269 | |
| 147 | The Delphic manumission records | 271 | |
| 148 | A calendar of sacrifices (Myconos, c.200) | 272 | |
| 149 | Law of Priene on the priesthood of Dionysus (second century) | 274 | |
| 150 | Decree of an Attic cult association (307/6) | 276 | |
| 151 | The introduction of the cult of Serapis to Delos (c.200) | 277 | |
| 4 RELATIONS BETWEEN CITIES | |||
| 152 | Treaty between Hierapytna and Praisos in Crete (early third century) | 278 | |
| 153 | Homopoliteia of Cos and Calymnus (between 205 and 201/0?) | 279 | |
| 154 | Sympoliteia of Stiris and Medeon in Phocis (second century) | 280 | |
| 155 | Decree of Samos in honour of judges from Myndus (c.280) | 282 | |
| 156 | Megarian arbitration in a border dispute between Epidaurus and Corinth (242/1–235/4) | 283 | |
| 157 | Decree of Oropus in honour of an Achaean for help in the feud with Athens (c.154–149) | 284 | |
| Chapter 5: The Seleucids and Asia (texts 158–223) | 286 | ||
| 158 | A Babylonian king list | 287 | |
| 159 | From Seleucus Ⅰ to Antiochus Ⅰ: the coming of the Galatians to Asia Minor (278/7) | 288 | |
| 160 | The ‘Seleucis’: North Syria | 293 | |
| 161 | Law on inheritance from Dura-Europus | 296 | |
| 162 | Decree of Ilium in honour of Antiochus Ⅰ after his accession | 297 | |
| 163 | Babylonian records of the reign of Antiochus Ⅰ for the years 274–273 | 299 | |
| 164 | Letters concerning gifts of land by Antiochus Ⅰ to Aristodicides of Assos (c.275?) | 301 | |
| 165 | Ilium honours Metrodorus, doctor of Antiochus Ⅰ (c.275–268/7) | 303 | |
| 166 | Antiochus Ⅰ as king of Babylon (268) | 304 | |
| 167 | Seleucia on the Tigris | 305 | |
| 168 | Decree of two native villages in Asia Minor (January 267) | 306 | |
| 169 | Decree of the League of Ionians for Antiochus I (c.267–261) | 307 | |
| 170 | Letter of Antiochus Ⅰ or Ⅱ to Erythrae | 308 | |
| 171 | Treaty between Lysimachea and Antiochus Ⅰ or Ⅱ | 310 | |
| 172 | Letter of a Seleucid king about grants to Zeus of Baetocaece (date uncertain) | 311 | |
| 173 | A sale of land by Antiochus Ⅱ to his divorced queen Laodice (254/3) | 312 | |
| 174 | Smyrna under Seleucus Ⅱ (c.241) | 314 | |
| 175 | Letter of Seleucus Ⅱ to Miletus (246) | 320 | |
| 176 | Aradus in Phoenicia in the Seleucid empire | 321 | |
| 177 | The origins of the Parthian kingdom | 322 | |
| 178 | King Aśoka of India and the Greek world (mid third century) | 323 | |
| 179 | Seleucus Ⅱ, Olympichus, and Mylasa (c.240 and after) | 326 | |
| 180 | The usurpation of Achaeus in Asia Minor (220–213) | 328 | |
| 181 | The accession of Antiochus Ⅲ and the revolt of Molon (223–220) | 329 | |
| 182 | Debate at court on the decision for war against Ptolemy Ⅳ (219) | 332 | |
| 183 | The conflicting Seleucid and Ptolemaic claims to Coele Syria (winter 219/18) | 333 | |
| 184 | The army of Antiochus Ⅲ at the battle of Raphia (217) | 334 | |
| 185 | A description of Media and Ecbatana (211–210) | 335 | |
| 186 | Delphic maxims from Ai-Khanoum in Bactria | 336 | |
| 187 | The eastern expedition (‘Anabasis’) of Antiochus Ⅲ (212–205) | 337 | |
| 188 | The Greek kingdom in Bactria | 338 | |
| 189 | Letters of Antiochus Ⅲ and other kings to Magnesia on the Maeander recognising the festival of Artemis Leucophryene (c.208/7) | 339 | |
| 190 | Decree of Antioch in Persis on its links with Magnesia on the Maeander (late third century) | 342 | |
| 191 | Antiochus Ⅲ and Teos (c.204/3) | 344 | |
| 192 | The ‘secret pact’ between Antiochus Ⅲ and Philip Ⅴ (203/2) | 346 | |
| 193 | The conquest of Coele Syria by Antiochus Ⅲ: a dossier of inscriptions from Scythopolis in Palestine (between 202/1? and 195) | 347 | |
| 194 | Loan (?) of money by the temple of Artemis at Sardis on the security of an estate (late fourth century or c.200?) | 350 | |
| 195 | Antiochus Ⅲ in Asia Minor and at the Hellespont (197/6) | 352 | |
| 196 | The conference at Lysimachea between Antiochus Ⅲ and the Roman envoys (196) | 353 | |
| 197 | Decree of Lampsacus in honour of an ambassador to Massalia and Rome (196/5) | 355 | |
| 198 | Letter of Laodice to Iasus in Caria (c.196/5) | 357 | |
| 199 | Letter of M. Valerius Messala to Teos (193) | 358 | |
| 200 | Letter of a Seleucid governor to Laodicea in Media, with copy of an edict of Antiochus Ⅲ (193) | 359 | |
| 201 | Decree of Apollonia under Salbake in honour of a Seleucid official (reign of Antiochus Ⅲ) | 361 | |
| 202 | Letter of L. Cornelius Scipio and his brother to Heraclea under Mount Latmus (190) | 362 | |
| 203 | The army of Antiochus Ⅲ at the battle of Magnesia (early 189) | 363 | |
| 204 | Letter of Antiochus Ⅲ concerning the appointment of a chief priest at Daphne (October 189) | 364 | |
| 205 | The Peace of Apamea between Antiochus Ⅲ and the Romans (188) | 365 | |
| 206 | Decree of Seleucia in Pieria and part of a letter of Seleucus Ⅳ (186) | 368 | |
| 207 | List of annual priesthoods at Seleucia in Pieria under Seleucus Ⅳ | 369 | |
| 208 | The accession of Antiochus Ⅳ Epiphanes (175) | 370 | |
| 209 | Portrait of Antiochus Ⅳ Epiphanes | 371 | |
| 210 | Decree of Laodicea by the sea (174) | 373 | |
| 211 | The Roman ultimatum to Antiochus Ⅳ in Egypt (summer 168) | 374 | |
| 212 | The retreat of Antiochus Ⅳ seen through Egyptian eyes | 375 | |
| 213 | The pageant of Antiochus Ⅳ at Daphne (166) | 376 | |
| 214 | A Greek view of the Jews in early Hellenistic times | 378 | |
| 215 | Antiochus Ⅲ and the Jews | 380 | |
| 216 | Ⅱ Maccabees: Seleucus Ⅳ and the Jews | 382 | |
| 217 | Ⅰ Maccabees: Antiochus Ⅳ and the Jews | 385 | |
| 218 | Demetrius Ⅰ and the policy of the Senate towards the Seleucids (164) | 387 | |
| 219 | Dynastic struggles in the Seleucid kingdom under Demetrius Ⅱ (145) | 388 | |
| 220 | The revolt of Diodotus Tryphon and the spread of piracy | 389 | |
| 221 | Antiochus Ⅶ Sidetes and the independence of the Jews (139) | 391 | |
| 222 | Letter of Antiochus Ⅷ concerning the freedom of Seleucia in Pieria (summer 109) | 392 | |
| 223 | The end of the Seleucids | 392 | |
| Chapter 6: The Attalids of Pergamum (texts 224–253) | 395 | ||
| 224 | An outline of Attalid history | 395 | |
| 225 | Gifts of Philetaerus to Cyzicus (280/79 to 276/5) | 397 | |
| 226 | Decree of Cyme and letter of Philetaerus (c.280–278?) | 398 | |
| 227 | Delphi honours Philetaerus and his family (between 283 and 262) | 400 | |
| 228 | Monument in honour of Philetaerus at Delos | 400 | |
| 229 | Letter of Eumenes Ⅰ to Pergamum and decree of Pergamum in honour of the generals | 401 | |
| 230 | Agreement between Eumenes Ⅰ and his mercenaries, with reciprocal oaths (263–241) | 402 | |
| 231 | Dedications by Attalus Ⅰ to Athena at Pergamum for victories in battle (c.238–227?) | 405 | |
| 232 | The visit of Attalus Ⅰ to Athens (200) | 406 | |
| 233 | Portrait of Attalus Ⅰ on his death (197) | 407 | |
| 234 | Eumenes Ⅱ and the Rhodians at Rome (189) | 408 | |
| 235 | Decree of Apollonia on the Rhyndacus (?) in honour of an Attalid governor (after 188?) | 411 | |
| 236 | Letter of Eumenes Ⅱ to the inhabitants of Tyriaion (after 188) | 412 | |
| 237 | Decree of the Delphic Amphictyony in honour of Eumenes Ⅱ (182) | 414 | |
| 238 | Letter of Eumenes Ⅱ to an official concerning remission of taxes (181) | 415 | |
| 239 | Letter of Eumenes Ⅱ to the Ionian League (winter 167/6) | 416 | |
| 240 | A model family: Apollonis of Cyzicus, wife of Attalus I | 418 | |
| 241 | Letter of Attalus (future Ⅱ) to Amlada in Pisidia (c.160) | 420 | |
| 242 | A foundation by Attalus Ⅱ at Delphi (160/59) | 421 | |
| 243 | An estimate of Eumenes Ⅱ on his death (159) | 423 | |
| 244 | Letter of Attalus Ⅱ to Attis, priest of Cybele (156) | 424 | |
| 245 | Decree of Aegina in honour of a governor under Attalus Ⅱ | 425 | |
| 246 | Letter of Attalus Ⅱ to Ephesus concerning the tutor of Attalus Ⅲ (c.150–140) | 427 | |
| 247 | Letters of Attalus Ⅱ and Ⅲ concerning the priesthoods of a friend (142–135) | 428 | |
| 248 | Decree of Pergamum after the death of Attalus Ⅲ (133) | 430 | |
| 249 | The revolt of Aristonicus | 432 | |
| 250 | Decree of Pergamum after the revolt of Aristonicus | 433 | |
| 251 | Decree of the Senate concerning Pergamum (132) | 434 | |
| 252 | Decree of Sestus in honour of Menas (after the end of the Attalids) | 435 | |
| 253 | The municipal administration of Pergamum under the Attalids | 439 | |
| Chapter 7: The Ptolemies and Egypt (texts 254–326) | 444 | ||
| 1 THE PTOLEMIES IN EGYPT AND THE WIDER WORLD | |||
| 254 | Ptolemy Ⅱ Philadelphus | 446 | |
| 255 | A poem in praise of Ptolemy Ⅱ Philadelphus (late 270s) | 448 | |
| 256 | Decree of the League of Islanders on the acceptance of the Ptolemaieia (c.280) | 450 | |
| 257 | Decree of Naxos in honour of the Ptolemaic ‘nesiarch’ and the island of Cos (c.280) | 452 | |
| 258 | The great procession at Alexandria (279/8?) | 453 | |
| 259 | Letter of Ptolemy Ⅱ to Miletus (c.262/1) | 455 | |
| 260 | Two ordinances of Ptolemy Ⅱ on the registration of livestock and of natives in Syria and Phoenicia (April 260) | 456 | |
| 261 | The Ptolemies and the Jews | 458 | |
| 262 | Ptolemy Ⅱ and the Red Sea | 460 | |
| 263 | The animal hunts of Ptolemy Ⅱ | 460 | |
| 264 | The gold mines in southern Egypt | 461 | |
| 265 | Decree of Itanos in Crete in honour of Ptolemy Ⅲ (c.246) | 462 | |
| 266 | The opening stages of the Laodicean (or ‘Third Syrian’) War (246/5) | 463 | |
| 267 | Letter of Tlepolemus to Kildara in Caria (246) | 465 | |
| 268 | An epigraphic account of Ptolemy Ⅲ’s ‘Third Syrian War’ | 466 | |
| 269 | Decree of Samothrace in honour of a Ptolemaic governor (reign of Ptolemy Ⅲ) | 467 | |
| 270 | Decree of Telmessus in Lycia in honour of a Ptolemaic official (February 240) | 468 | |
| 271 | The Canopus Decree: the Egyptian priests honour Ptolemy Ⅲ and Berenice (4 March 238) | 470 | |
| 272 | Letter of Thraseas, strategos of Cilicia, to Arsinoe and decree of Nagidus (238–221) | 475 | |
| 273 | Mercenaries in Ptolemaic service in Syria (second half of the third century?) | 477 | |
| 274 | Ptolemy Ⅳ Philopator and the policy of his predecessors (221) | 478 | |
| 275 | Preparations for the ‘Fourth Syrian War’ by the ministers of Ptolemy Ⅳ (219/18) | 480 | |
| 276 | Decree of the Egyptian priests in honour of Ptolemy Ⅳ (15 November 217) | 481 | |
| 277 | The internal consequences of the battle of Raphia | 485 | |
| 278 | Taxes in Egypt’s foreign possessions (late third century, 219/18 or 202/1?) | 486 | |
| 279 | Letter of Ptolemy Ⅳ (?) to an official at Soloi in Cilicia | 487 | |
| 280 | A tax collector in Syria | 487 | |
| 281 | Dedication of the elephant hunters (reign of Ptolemy Ⅳ) | 489 | |
| 282 | The accession of Ptolemy Ⅴ (204) | 489 | |
| 283 | The Rosetta stone: decree of the Egyptian priests in honour of King Ptolemy Ⅴ (27 March 196) | 491 | |
| 284 | Suppression of a rebellion in Egypt (197–185) | 496 | |
| 285 | A Ptolemaic governor in Cyprus (180–165) | 497 | |
| 286 | The revolt of Dionysius Petosarapis (early 160s) and disturbances in Upper Egypt | 497 | |
| 287 | Letter of Ptolemy Ⅵ to an officer at Thera concerning the payment of troops (13 August 163) | 499 | |
| 288 | Rivalry between Ptolemy Ⅵ and Ptolemy Ⅷ and partition of the kingdom (163/2) | 499 | |
| 289 | The will of Ptolemy Ⅷ (March 155) | 500 | |
| 290 | The ‘amnesty decree’ of Ptolemy Ⅷ, Cleopatra Ⅱ and Cleopatra Ⅲ (118) | 501 | |
| 291 | Internal strife and the decline of the Ptolemies | 508 | |
| 2 ASPECTS OF EGYPT UNDER THE PTOLEMIES | |||
| 292 | A description of Alexandria | 510 | |
| 293 | Decree of Ptolemais in honour of its magistrates (reign of Ptolemy Ⅱ or Ptolemy Ⅲ) | 515 | |
| 294 | List of victors in a competition (267) | 516 | |
| 295 | Law of Alexandria on the cult of Arsinoe Philadelphus (c.267) | 518 | |
| 296 | The apomoira for Arsinoe Philadelphus (263 and 259) | 518 | |
| 297 | The oil monopoly of Ptolemy Ⅱ Philadelphus (259) | 524 | |
| 298 | Valuation of goods imported to Egypt by Apollonius (May–June 259) | 531 | |
| 299 | Letter to Apollonius concerning the gold coinage of Ptolemy Ⅱ (c.24 October 258) | 535 | |
| 300 | The (alleged) introduction of Serapis to Egypt by Ptolemy I | 536 | |
| 301 | Petition to Apollonius concerning the building of a sanctuary to Serapis (c.12 February 257) | 538 | |
| 302 | Petition from Egyptian peasants to Apollonius (October–November 257) | 539 | |
| 303 | The estate of Apollonius the dioiketes at Philadelphia (26 December 257) | 540 | |
| 304 | A tender to Apollonius the dioiketes for repairing embankments at Memphis (257) | 541 | |
| 305 | Record of lamp oil assigned to the retinue of Apollonius (January 256) | 542 | |
| 306 | A lease of land from the estate of Apollonius (August 256) | 543 | |
| 307 | Letter of complaint to Zenon from a non-Greek (c.256–255) | 545 | |
| 308 | Letter to Zenon from two hierodouloi of Boubastis | 546 | |
| 309 | Register of an official postal station (c.255) | 546 | |
| 310 | Receipt from a boat captain for transporting barley to Alexandria (251) | 548 | |
| 311 | Letter of Ptolemy Ⅱ Philadelphus on the billeting of troops (mid third century) | 549 | |
| 312 | Ordinances of Ptolemy Ⅱ concerning internal security in Egypt (late 240s) | 550 | |
| 313 | Compulsory labour on canals and dykes (242/1?) | 551 | |
| 314 | Official correspondence concerning cleruchs (December 239–January 238) | 553 | |
| 315 | Preliminary reports for the sowing schedule (September 232) | 554 | |
| 316 | Oath of office of an Egyptian assistant to a banker (c.230) | 555 | |
| 317 | Preparations for the visit of a dioiketes (January 225) | 556 | |
| 318 | A petition to Ptolemy Ⅳ concerning a gymnasium (27 February 221) | 557 | |
| 319 | The duties of an oikonomos (late third century) | 558 | |
| 320 | The ‘recluses’ of the Great Serapeum at Memphis (161/60) | 562 | |
| 321 | Maladministration by officials (25 October 156) | 564 | |
| 322 | The persecution of intellectuals by Ptolemy Ⅷ (145) | 564 | |
| 323 | The population of Alexandria (second half of the second century) | 565 | |
| 324 | Petition to the strategos from the royal peasants at Oxyrhyncha (c.138) | 566 | |
| 325 | Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris | 567 | |
| 326 | The Potter’s Oracle | 569 | |
| Bibliography | 572 | ||
| Table of rulers | 584 | ||
| Chronological table | 586 | ||
| Concordance between editions | 591 | ||
| Index of sources | 600 | ||
| General index | 604 | ||