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

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

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

What we think of as the Roman Empire lasted from 27 BCE to 476 AD. But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated ...

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

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

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

Rochester-based indie trio, Joywave brings their "Here To Perform... Spring 2025 Tour" to the Sherman Theater on May 22, 2025 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case involving Roman Polanski, who fled the United States after he forced himself on a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot, has spanned 45 years, sparking court battles ...

Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...