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

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

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

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period ... like this not only sheds light on ancient land ownership and taxation but ...

Scientists have deciphered a Roman boundary ... of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy,” Leibner said. “Finding a boundary stone like this not only sheds light on ancient land ownership ...

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

Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, ...

An ancient treasure trove consisting of 141 Roman gold coins has been uncovered, shedding new light on the Roman Empire Researchers found these coins in Luxembourg, and they date back all the way ...

And now it seems we may also have the ancient civilization to thank for pioneering service ... 47AD - Londinium (London) was ...

Groundbreaking research involving nuclear magnetic resonance has revealed the secrets of ancient Roman wooden structures.

DRI scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice cores to identify periods of lead pollution throughout the Roman Empire, and now new research expands on ...

It’s long been rumored that a network of old, underground tunnels lies beneath Cusco, Peru, the capital of the ancient Incan ...