A new, groundbreaking study reveals a story of fraud, slavery, taxes, government, conspiracy, debt blackmail, and rebellion.

Towering bronzes depicting emperors once graced an ancient shrine in a region of what is now Turkey that was once part of ...

There is a perceptible Roman bias in the teaching of law, but the ancient Greeks were actually also quite influential.

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece said Friday they have arrested a suspect accused of ...

This accidental discovery demonstrates that even after decades of intensive study, ancient documents can still dramatically ... while the court notes were more hastily jotted down—similar to modern ...

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

Archeologists have uncovered a set of court documents for an ancient Roman tax fraud and forgery case in the then-province of Judea connected to sham transactions involving the sale and manumission of ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An angry crowd gathered Wednesday outside a courthouse on the southern Greek island of Crete for the preliminary hearing of a couple accused of brutally abusing a 3-year ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An angry crowd ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An angry crowd gathered Wednesday outside a courthouse on the southern Greek island of Crete for the preliminary hearing of a couple accused of brutally abusing a 3-year-old ...