by Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: Malik and Davenport dismantle the idea that the Theodosian Code banned the Olympic Games on grounds of paganism. Instead, they show, the infrastructure necessary for the…
By Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: Malik and Davenport argue against the idea that some Roman buildings had purpose-built ‘vomiting rooms’ intended for use after particularly intense feasting sessions.…
by Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: Malik and Davenport show that the allegation that Roman Emperors were fierce persecutors of Christians is unjustified by the evidence, which indicates that ‘haphazard’…
by Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: In this article, Malik and Davenport scrutinise the major allegations which have brought the Emperor Nero infamy: his supposed setting alight of the city of Rome in 64AD…
by Shushma Malik Abstract: Decadence was not a word used by the historians of ancient Rome during classical antiquity, but the concepts, anxieties, and fears encapsulated by it are without question present in their…