The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

A new discovery from the Roman empire outlines a juicy case of second-century crime. Containing an extraordinary 133 lines of ...

A preliminary report of investigations done from August to October 2024 in Spain has highlighted the discovery of ancient Roman towers.

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

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

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

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...

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