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Research paper thumbnail of The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Journal Articles by Shushma Malik

Research paper thumbnail of Cucuta ab rationibus Neronis Augusti: A Joke at Nero's Expense?, Classical Quarterly (2019)

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Research paper thumbnail of 'All Roads Lead to Rome?: Decadence, Paganism, Catholicism and the Later Life of Oscar Wilde'. Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens no.80. (2015).

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Ultimate Corruption Manifest: Nero as the Antichrist in Late Antiquity,’ Acta Classica Supplementum IV (2012) 169-186.

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Book Chapters by Shushma Malik

Research paper thumbnail of 'Republican Romans: Unlikely Decadent Prototypes,' in J. Desmarais and D. Weir (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Decadence, Oxford University Press, 2021.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'An Emperor's War on Greece: Cassius Dio’s Nero' in C. Davenport and C. Mallan (eds.) Emperors and Political Culture in Cassius Dio’s Roman History. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Decadence and Roman Historiography' in D. Weir and J. Desmarais (eds.) Decadence and Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Criminal Emperors of Ancient Rome and Oscar Wilde’s “True Historical Sense”.

A. Blanshard, K. Riley and I. Manny (eds.) Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2017

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Encyclopedia Entries by Shushma Malik

Research paper thumbnail of ‘Nero’ in Victoria E. Pagán (ed.) The Tacitus Encyclopaedia, Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.

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Media Appearances by Shushma Malik

Research paper thumbnail of History Hit Live with Dan Snow: Nero and the Antichrist

History Hit and Timeline Documentaries, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Expert Contributor on Roman Roads, Walls, Temples, and Water Systems for ZDF (Germany) TV Series 'Ancient Engineering'. Off the Fence Productions.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'In Our Time: Nero', BBC Radio 4, 25 April 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of History Hit Ancients Podcast: Nero the Antichrist

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Research paper thumbnail of History Extra Podcast: Nero

historyextra.com, 2020

Roman historian Shushma Malik discusses the infamous crimes of the emperor Nero and considers whe... more Roman historian Shushma Malik discusses the infamous crimes of the emperor Nero and considers whether he is deserving of his monstrous reputation.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Rundown: Cold Showers (Huff Post)

Huff Post, 2020

I was interviewed about Roman bathing systems for this Huff Post online video.

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Research paper thumbnail of Segment on Roman Luxury in BBC Radio 3's Sunday Feature: The Deluxe Edition, March 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Who were the Romans? Mythbusting life in the ancient Empire', Conversations with Richard Fidler, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, February 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Ancient Rome's most loved and despised emperor, Nero', Conversations with Richard Fidler, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, October 2016

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Magazine and Online Articles by Shushma Malik

Research paper thumbnail of The History of the Nero-Antichrist

History Today, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Nero: Ancient Rome's Antichrist

BBC History Magazine, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm

Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Cucuta ab rationibus Neronis Augusti: A Joke at Nero's Expense?, Classical Quarterly (2019)

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Research paper thumbnail of 'All Roads Lead to Rome?: Decadence, Paganism, Catholicism and the Later Life of Oscar Wilde'. Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens no.80. (2015).

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Ultimate Corruption Manifest: Nero as the Antichrist in Late Antiquity,’ Acta Classica Supplementum IV (2012) 169-186.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Republican Romans: Unlikely Decadent Prototypes,' in J. Desmarais and D. Weir (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Decadence, Oxford University Press, 2021.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'An Emperor's War on Greece: Cassius Dio’s Nero' in C. Davenport and C. Mallan (eds.) Emperors and Political Culture in Cassius Dio’s Roman History. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Decadence and Roman Historiography' in D. Weir and J. Desmarais (eds.) Decadence and Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Criminal Emperors of Ancient Rome and Oscar Wilde’s “True Historical Sense”.

A. Blanshard, K. Riley and I. Manny (eds.) Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity. Oxford University Press, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Nero’ in Victoria E. Pagán (ed.) The Tacitus Encyclopaedia, Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.

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Research paper thumbnail of History Hit Live with Dan Snow: Nero and the Antichrist

History Hit and Timeline Documentaries, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Expert Contributor on Roman Roads, Walls, Temples, and Water Systems for ZDF (Germany) TV Series 'Ancient Engineering'. Off the Fence Productions.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'In Our Time: Nero', BBC Radio 4, 25 April 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of History Hit Ancients Podcast: Nero the Antichrist

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Research paper thumbnail of History Extra Podcast: Nero

historyextra.com, 2020

Roman historian Shushma Malik discusses the infamous crimes of the emperor Nero and considers whe... more Roman historian Shushma Malik discusses the infamous crimes of the emperor Nero and considers whether he is deserving of his monstrous reputation.

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Research paper thumbnail of The Rundown: Cold Showers (Huff Post)

Huff Post, 2020

I was interviewed about Roman bathing systems for this Huff Post online video.

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Research paper thumbnail of Segment on Roman Luxury in BBC Radio 3's Sunday Feature: The Deluxe Edition, March 2019

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Who were the Romans? Mythbusting life in the ancient Empire', Conversations with Richard Fidler, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, February 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Ancient Rome's most loved and despised emperor, Nero', Conversations with Richard Fidler, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, October 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of The History of the Nero-Antichrist

History Today, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Nero: Ancient Rome's Antichrist

BBC History Magazine, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of What the Romans Really Did for Us: Government

BBC World Histories Magazine, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome: did Christians ban the ancient Olympics?, The Conversation

Every two years, when the Winter or Summer Olympics comes around, we hear about how the games sta... more Every two years, when the Winter or Summer Olympics comes around, we hear about how the games staged at Olympia in Greece since 776 B.C. came to a sudden end in the late fourth century A.D. The finger is pointed at the Christian Roman emperor Theodosius I (A.D. 379-395), who is said to have banned the Olympics in the 390s as part of a wider political program directed against pagan religion, its rituals, and its festivals.

The idea that the athletic contests – held in honour of the Greek god Zeus for over a thousand years – were shut down by a puritanical Christian emperor makes for a good story. But is it actually true?

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome: cruel and unusual punishment, The Conversation

Early Roman history is full of stories about the terrible fates that befell citizens who broke th... more Early Roman history is full of stories about the terrible fates that befell citizens who broke the law. When a certain Tarpeia let the enemy Sabines into Rome, she was crushed and thrown headlong from a precipice above the Roman forum.

Such tales not only served as a warning for future generations, they also provided a backstory for some of Rome’s cruellest punishments. Tarpeia is one of many legendary figures who appear in Livy’s History from the Foundation of the City; regardless of whether she was a real person, it became established practice to throw traitors from the “Tarpeian Rock”.

However, not all of the cruel and unusual punishments we associate with the Romans were carried out in practice or uniformly enforced, and some changed significantly over time.

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome – did all roads actually lead there?, The Conversation

We all know the phrase “all roads lead to Rome”. Today, it is used proverbially and has come to m... more We all know the phrase “all roads lead to Rome”. Today, it is used proverbially and has come to mean something like “there is more than one way to reach the same goal”. But did all roads ever really lead to the eternal city?

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome – Caligula’s Horse, The Conversation

When we think of the emperor Caligula, it is John Hurt’s wonderfully maniacal performance in the ... more When we think of the emperor Caligula, it is John Hurt’s wonderfully maniacal performance in the BBC TV series I, Claudius that usually comes to mind. Hurt dances in a gold bikini, sports a beard soaked with the blood of his progeny, and parades his favourite horse, clad in the toga of a consul, in front of shocked onlookers. He is the very model of a mad Roman emperor.

The story that Caligula made his favourite horse, Incitatus, a consul has long tickled our imaginations. The internet is awash with articles and blogs chewing over whether it is really true. The horse has even made it into the Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: its definition for the name “Incitatus” reads “the name of Caligula’s horse, made a consul by the emperor”. Perhaps the greatest testament to Incitatus’ immortality, however, is the fact that he has his own Wikipedia page.

While the ancient evidence mentions a plan for making Incitatus consul, the repeated retelling of the story over centuries (in particular, as a snide way to suggest that a politician might be out of his or her depth) means we often forget that Caligula’s horse never actually sat in the senate at all.

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome – the truth about the vomitorium, The Conversation

Roman decadence reached its peak with the vomitorium: a room where feasting elites threw up to ma... more Roman decadence reached its peak with the vomitorium: a room where feasting elites threw up to make room for more food. Or so the story goes...

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome – throwing Christians to the lions, The Conversation

The image of cowering Christians being thrown to the lions by Roman emperors is a grisly staple o... more The image of cowering Christians being thrown to the lions by Roman emperors is a grisly staple of popular culture. But how accurate is it?

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Research paper thumbnail of Mythbusting Ancient Rome – the emperor Nero, The Conversation

The image of a crazed and capricious Emperor Nero is immortalised in popular culture: from fiddli... more The image of a crazed and capricious Emperor Nero is immortalised in popular culture: from fiddling while Rome burns to having a sexual relationship with his mother. The historical evidence, however, is rather different.

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Research paper thumbnail of Twisted Transfers: Discursive Constructions of Corruption in Ancient Greece and Rome

AHRC/DFG Project, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of Conference Poster: The Once and Future Kings: Roman Emperors and Western Political Culture from Antiquity to the Present (Brisbane, Australia), July 5-7, 2017

International conference at the University of Queensland, July 5-7, 2017. Full programme and reg... more International conference at the University of Queensland, July 5-7, 2017.
Full programme and registration available at:
https://hapi.uq.edu.au/once-and-future-kings-conference
Please register by May 31, 2017.

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Research paper thumbnail of Classical Antiquity & Memory (19th-21st century) - Full Programme

by Penelope Kolovou, Efstathia Athanasopoulou, Richard Cole, Hanna Paulouskaya, Katarzyna Marciniak, Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Markus Kersten, liliana giacoponi, Tiphaine-Annabelle Besnard, Helena González Vaquerizo, Ben Earley, Shushma Malik, Edward McInnis, Liliana Dottorato, Kyriaki Athanasiadou, Gina Bevan, Peter Kotiuga, Maciej Junkiert, Rossana Zetti, and Sophie Emilia Seidler

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Research paper thumbnail of Review: Drinkwater, J. Nero: Emperor and Court.

Classical Review 70.1, 2020

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Research paper thumbnail of THE GREAT REVOLT. V. Rudich Religious Dissent in the Roman Empire. Violence in Judaea at the Time of Nero. Pp. xxiv + 350. London and New York: Routledge, 2015. Cased, £100, US$160. ISBN: 978-0-415-16106-0

Classical Review, 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of Elagabalus (M.) Icks The Crimes of Elagabalus. The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor. Pp. xii + 276, pls. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2011. Cased, £22.50. ISBN: 978-1-84885-362-1

Classical Review, 2012

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘1933: The Year Nero Came to Manchester.’ University of Manchester, 11 April 2018.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Memory through space and time: Poppaea’s apotheosis poem and the third century.’ University of São Paulo, Brazil, 9 March 2018.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Revising History, (Re)presenting Memory: Ludwig Quidde’s Caligula.’ Bonn, Germany, 30 September 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Impurissimus Caesarum: Nero, the Antichrist and the Church Fathers.’ University of Durham, 15 January 2015.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Once a persecutor, always a persecutor: Nero as Antichrist in late antiquity.’ Classics Seminar Series, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 12 December 2014.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Nero in an essay, a novel, and a letter: the development of Nero in three works of Wilde.’ University of Oxford, 11 July 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘All roads lead to Rome?: decadence, religion and Rome in the later letters of Oscar Wilde.’ Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 13 June 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Atypical Apocalypses: Nero-Antichrist in the Second-Century Christian Sibylline Oracles.’ The 2013 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Chicago, Illinois, May 2013.

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Research paper thumbnail of 'Nero as Eschatological Adversary: An Intersection in Ancient History and Theology.’ 2010 Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Diverse Engagement: Drawing in the Margins, University of Cambridge, June 2010.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Nero’s Rome as a Model for fin-de-siècle Decadence in the Life and Works of Oscar Wilde.’ The 2010 Classical Association Annual Conference, University of Cardiff, April 2010.

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘How heroic were the heroes of the colosseum?’ After Dark Events at the Queensland State Museum, Australia, 23 June 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of ‘Shakespeare’s Romans.’ A Celebration of Shakespeare at the University of Queensland, Australia, 5 June 2016

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Research paper thumbnail of CFP: Roman Emperors and Western Political Culture from Antiquity to the Present, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), July 2017

We are pleased to announce an international conference, “The Once and Future Kings: Roman Emperor... more We are pleased to announce an international conference, “The Once and Future Kings: Roman Emperors and Western Political Culture from Antiquity to the Present”, to be held at the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), from Wednesday July 5 – Friday July 7, 2017. The conference will be convened by Dr Caillan Davenport and Dr Shushma Malik in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry.

The deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2017. Please see the attached document for full details.

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