About our staff

Before joining the University of Edinburgh in January 2023, I was the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Hamburg, Germany, where I worked on the history of citizenship and civic belonging in the Greek world under Rome. Prior to that, I was a researcher on the ERC PATRIMONIVM project at the Ausonius Institute, in the wonderful city of Burdigala, otherwise known as Bordeaux, France. I wrote my D.Phil. thesis at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, on the legal history of mainland Greece under Roman hegemony. I also hold an MA(Res) in Classics & Ancient Civilisations from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, and a BA in Classical Philology from the University of Vilnius, Lithuania. Besides all things ancient, I particularly enjoy jogging, hiking, backpacking, and am constantly on the look out for the best coffee in town.

Summary of research interests

• Europe
• Mediterranean

• Ancient Civilisations
• Culture
• Imperialism
• Migration
• Society

• Antiquity

My research explores various intersections and interactions between ‘the Roman’ and ‘the local’ in the Eastern Mediterranean from the late second 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.

At present, I continue to work on the project which I started in Hamburg, entitled “Beyond Citizen and Alien: Civic Diversity in the Greek World under Rome”. This project investigates the fundamental transformation of the Greek concept of civic belonging as a result of continuous interaction with Roman power in the critical period of the late republic to early empire. As such, it aims to reshape the present understanding of the nature of a Greek city-state under Rome, as well as nuance existing views on Roman imperialism.  At the same time, this study challenges and reconfigures contemporary perspectives on transnational migration, civic rights and duties, and multiple enfranchisement, thus placing modern-day concerns into a wider historical perspective.

Beyond Citizen and Alien: Civic Diversity in the Greek World under Rome (c. 200 BCE—300 CE)

Pre-honours 2022-23:

Roman World 1b (Semester 2)

Ancient History 2b (Semester 2) 

Honours 2022-23:

Romans Overseas: Roman diaspora communities in the Mediterranean (Studying Ancient History 3)

Law in the Roman Provinces (Semester 2)