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

In the Roman Empire’s heyday, legal disputes and fiscal controversies were commonplace. While emperors paraded in marble-clad splendor and senators debated the fate of the empire, the wheels of Rome’s ...

Researchers have finally deciphered a 1,900-year-old scroll describing a tense court case during the Roman occupation of Israel. The finding reveals more about criminal cases from the time and ...

Saulos, his accomplice, organized fraudulent manumissions, further complicating the case. Dr. Anna Dolganov ... severe penalties under Roman law, ranging from forced labor to capital punishment. The ...

but the case may have involved illicit human trafficking or the Jewish biblical duty to redeem enslaved Jews. The papyrus offers new insights into Roman law in the Greek-speaking eastern empire ...

For the first time in 1,900 years, humans have been able to read ancient text dating from the height of the Roman Empire ... law and administration, which they exploited to their advantage. The ...

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 ...

Traditionally, Roman society was extremely rigid. By the first century, however, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly eroding the old social barriers. The social ...

Patrician families made up the ruling class, meaning they were in jobs that had a lot of influence in how Rome and the empire were ruled ... Livius Andronicus was a famous Roman playwright ...

but the case may have involved illicit human trafficking or the Jewish biblical duty to redeem enslaved Jews. The papyrus offers new insights into Roman law in the Greek-speaking eastern empire ...