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

A huge Roman mosaic that was uncovered in southern Turkey by archaeologists from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. The well preserved tiles once decorated a bathhouse during the Roman Empire's ...

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

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus ...

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

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

The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

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

I've been working as a tour guide in Rome since 2008, and it only seems to be getting more crowded with tourists. Instead, go ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

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A metal detectorist from Leicestershire has unearthed a “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of 50 Roman coins. David Dunn, 42, a ...