In the Roman Empire’s heyday, legal disputes and fiscal controversies were commonplace. While emperors paraded in marble-clad ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus ...

The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

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

A metal detectorist from Leicestershire has unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of 50 Roman coins. David Dunn, 42, a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

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

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

The Byzantine Empire faced numerous challenges, forcing many Greeks to employ genius tactics to defend the Empire.

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

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