Scientists have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus describing a court process from the time of the Roman occupation of ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

In the Roman Empire’s heyday, legal disputes and fiscal controversies were commonplace. While emperors paraded in marble-clad ...

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

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

Roman law first treated water as a kind of property, integrated into the land and farming practices that were central to their economy. The actio aquae pluviae arcendae (action for warding off ...

A remarkable papyrus recently unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority offers unprecedented ...

However, they were soon allowed to return and continue their independent existence under Roman law. The temple in Jerusalem Although each Jewish community worshipped at its own synagogue ...

Whether they were directly involved in rebellion is still an open question, but the implications of their case cannot be ignored.” ...

Longtime MLB prospect scribe Keith Law believes that the Red Sox's Roman Anthony has the tools to be the "best player in the ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare Greek-language papyrus in Israel’s Judean Desert, shedding light on Roman legal practices.