Migration and the contacts that stem from migratory movements have proven an exciting, as well as fruitful, topic in recent scholarly discussions of the ancient world. Migration, mobility and language contact in and around the ancient Mediterranean represents a most welcome contribution to this field of study offering ten chapters on aspects of migration, movement, and integration covering a broad geographic and chronological span. The editors’ aim is to integrate linguistic approaches with other studies of ancient migration to move beyond the emphasis of linguistics as a metaphor for cultural interaction and towards a consideration of how broader linguistic data can contribute to our understanding of ancient mobility.