Strabo Geography 10.5.4

[4] Now although Delos had become so famous, yet the razing of Corinth to the ground by the Romans ¹ increased its fame still more; for the importers changed their business to Delos because they were attracted both by the immunity which the temple enjoyed and by the convenient situation of the harbor; for it is happily situated for those who are sailing from Italy and Greece to Asia. The general festival is a kind of commercial affair, and it was frequented by Romans more than by any other people, even when Corinth was still in existence. ² And when the Athenians took the island they at the same time took good care of the importers as well as of the religious rites. But when the generals of Mithridates, and the tyrant ³ who caused it to revolt, visited Delos, they completely ruined it, and when the Romans again got the island, alter the king withdrew to his homeland, it was desolate; and it has remained in an impoverished condition until the present time. It is now held by the Athenians.

[4] Although Delos ¹ was so famous, yet it became still more so, and flourished after the destruction of Corinth by the Romans. ² For the merchants resorted thither, induced by the immunities of the temple, and the convenience of its harbour. It lies favourably ³ for those who are sailing from Italy and Greece to Asia. The general festival held there serves the purposes of commerce, and the Romans particularly frequented it even before the destruction of Corinth. ⁴ The Athenians, after having taken the island, paid equal attention to the affairs both of religion and of commerce. But the generals ⁵ of Mithridates, and the tyrant, ⁶ who had occasioned the detection of (Athens from the Romans), ravaged it entirely. The Romans received the island in a desolate state on the departure of the king to his own country; and it has continued in an impoverished condition to the present time. ⁷ The Athenians are now in possession of it.