Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in Switzerland just unearthed a Roman amphitheater dating to the fourth century A.D. — making it the youngest ...

"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 ...

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

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