The small, uninhabited Greek island of Delos can only be visited during daylight hours and was once the religious and financial center of the Aegean area and birthplace of Apollo, god of music, sun, light, harmony and beauty. Earliest traces of inhabitation date back to the 3rd millennium BC. No one was allowed to be born or to die on the island. Rome wanted its financial power closer to home and in 88 BC mercenary troops were sent to annihilate the 50,000 people. 20,000 were killed, 20,000 were made slaves, and 10,000 escaped. No one has lived there since.