Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
* Versions of this paper were presented at the Manchester Classics and Ancient History seminar in September 2007 and at the Lampeter Classics seminar in January 2008. I wish to thank both audiences for their useful comments. I would also like to thank Dr Paschalis Paschides for his help on aspects of Hellenistic chronology and prosopography and for showing me unpublished work. I am also grateful to the anonymous referee of CQ for comments on this paper, and to the journal's copy-editor.