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

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

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

A hoard of 50 Roman coins discovered by an amateur metal detectorist buried in a farmer's field in a 'once in a lifetime find ...

The Byzantine Empire faced numerous challenges, forcing many Greeks to employ genius tactics to defend the Empire.

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 have unveiled ...

In Gallia Belgica, an impressive hoard has been discovered shedding light on the cultural changes of the late Roman Empire.

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

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

In the United States, as in Europe, the advent of national citizenship has mirrored and fueled the growth and centralization ...