Lina Girdvainyte

My research explores various intersections and interactions between ‘the Roman’ and ‘the local’ in the Eastern Mediterranean from the late third century BC to the early third century AD. Working with a range of epigraphic, literary, and legal sources, I investigate the impact of the early establishment and subsequent development of Roman imperial structures in the Greek-speaking provinces and, conversely, the subject populations’ reactions to those structures and, by extension, to Rome itself.

2025. “Roman legal enactments in mainland Greece in the 2nd century BCE. A source of unity in the face of fragmentation?”, in H. Beck and K. Harter-Uibopuu (eds.) Ancient Greek Law: Vectors of Unity and Local Idiosyncrasy, Vienna and Cologne: Böhlau, 203-223. 2024. “Greek and Roman citizenships”, in A. Heller & M. Hallmannsecker (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 130-144. 2023. “Rights, obligations, and the Antonine Constitution: Response to Kostas Buraselis”, in P. Scheibelreiter, ed. Symposion 2022: Vorträge zur griechischen und hellenistischen Rechtsgeschichte (Gmunden, 22-24 August 2022), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 505-517.