A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

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A team of scientists from the University of Southampton, in partnership with researchers from Queen’s University in Canada and the Chinese Acad ...

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A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

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The rise and fall of the publicani of the Roman Empire offers valuable lessons on scalability, adaptability, financial ...

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The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, ...