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

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

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

Recently, a papyrus was unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It offers rare insights into ...

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

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

The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people were bought and sold all around the empire. You could buy or win your freedom. Lots of people wanted to be a Roman ...

Why are people in some regions happier and healthier than in other regions? For the first time, an international team of ...

But it would not have been enough, because, in spite of all the glories of the Roman Empire, people lived in the world in which there was inequality, there was great poverty on the one hand and ...

People living during the golden age of the Roman Empire experienced an average 2.5 to 3 point reduction in IQ due to atmospheric lead, according to a study published January 6 in the journal ...