The Samians on Ikaria: communities, power, and island networks in the Hellenistic and Roman Aegean.

Seven inscriptions from Oine on Ikaria that refer to Samians residing on the island have long been used to argue the case for Samian political control over Ikaria. This article seeks to reassess what these inscriptions tell us about Samian–Ikarian interactions by exploring different models of connectivity for the two islands. Specifically, this article considers short-range mobility, and the capacity of each island to perform various political functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]