A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.

The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The mantra of 'detach to protect' often misses a critical point: avoiding emotions doesn’t make them disappear.

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...