The question does not bear asking, but in a global economy greased by what has been termed disposable people, the past’s previous examples of the same may be a country worth visiting. The prod along ...

Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman ...

Museum of London Archaeology researchers have identified the remains of a shackled slave in Britain during the Roman Empire, providing "unquestionable" evidence of "the role slavery has played ...

Spartacus the slave, a short paragraph in the history books, who had to be forgotten and marginalized in the socio-political history of the Roman Empire. Spartacus as a symbol of sacrifice and freedom ...

Archeologists working in central England have found a shackled skeleton which, they say, provides physical evidence that slavery was practiced in Roman Britain. The adult male was buried in a ditch ...

The document details a case of forgery, tax evasion, fraudulent sale, and manumission of slaves in the Roman provinces of Judea and Arabia, present-day Israel and Jordan. Human nature remains the same ...

Using a plaster mold technique, archaeologists were able to recover several household objects including a pair of cupboards and several ceramic vessels (all photos courtesy of the Archaeological Park ...

From its heart in Italy across its many thousands of miles, the Roman Empire was built and maintained by slaves. Some were born enslaved, the sons and daughters of enslaved mothers. Others were ...

Pompeii may symbolize catastrophe, but its aftermath provides a blueprint for rebuilding. By Annalee Newitz Mx. Newitz is a contributing Opinion writer. Their most recent book, “Four Lost Cities: A ...