The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...

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

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated to reveal a record of a Roman court case.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

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

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

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

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem unveil a ...

A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money. Two metal detectorists in the ...