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

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

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

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

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...

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

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated to reveal a record of a Roman court case.

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

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

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

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...

The discovery, made near the village of Holzthum in northern Luxembourg, includes 141 gold solidi, coins minted under the ...