Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

The straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence of a ...

When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...

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.

“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...

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

Is there a difference between the Hitler salute and the Roman salute? Danny Bird explores the story of an instantly ...

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

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...