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Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.

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A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves.

A newly analyzed papyrus has revealed a remarkable case of forgery and financial fraud in the Roman Empire, offering scholars an unprecedented glimpse into the legal and administrative machinery ...

-- Deputy U.S. Marshal MANSON, and seven aids, captured, four fugitive slaves, and two free children from the neighborhood of Sandusky, and returned them by aid of a U.S. Commissioner in this city ...

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.

Archaeologists working in southern Italy have identified a Roman fortification built to contain the slave revolt leader Spartacus and his army.