Contents: The Historical Interpretation of Segre, I. Cos, ED 229 the Perils of Koan Security Free Status from the 2nd Cretan War (ca. 155-153 B.C.) to the Aftermath of the First Mithridatic War (89-55 B.C.); The Evidence of the \"Lex Fonteia\" (Crawford, RS, 36) the Period of M. Antonius: Nikias' Coins, Inscriptions, Personality \"Tyranny\"; Notes on C. Stertinius Xenophon's Roman Career, Family, Titulature Official Integration into Koan Civic Life Society; M. Aelius Sabinianus: Titulature Public Position on Kos, Profession, Date Connections: M'. Spedius Rufinus Phaedrus the Koan Spedii; Fluctuations of Favour: Towards a Recon'n. of the Course of Koan Relations with Rome the Status of the Island from Mithridates to Late Antiquity. Biblio.