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The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

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

The Vigiles were Rome’s own firefighters, in charge of reducing fire hazards in the city, as well as street crime.

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

After all, Roman law designated slaves as property, not people. However, slavery in ancient Rome underpinned much of society’s success, and the freeborn citizens of Rome were heavily dependent ...

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

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The papyrus details a gripping case involving forgery, tax evasion, and the fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves in the Roman provinces of Iudaea and Arabia, roughly corresponding to modern ...

Now, Paltiel and her colleagues have translated the text, revealing it to be prosecutors’ notes for an ancient Roman trial from the early second century CE. The artifact provides unique insight ...