The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...
What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?
Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced ...
In the Roman Empire’s heyday, legal disputes and fiscal controversies were commonplace. While emperors paraded in marble-clad ...
Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...
A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...
In Britain, at the northernmost edge of the empire, Rome’s normal strategies for command and control of its provinces failed horribly. For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat ...
Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...
A remarkable papyrus recently unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority offers unprecedented ...