The document details a case of forgery, tax evasion, fraudulent sale, and manumission of slaves in the Roman provinces of ...

Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman slavery was not based on race. Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by ...

The papyrus tells a gripping tale of two defendants accused of falsifying documents in the sale of slaves — a crime the Roman ...

The papyrus revealed how the imperial state dealt with financial crimes - specifically tax fraud involving slaves - in Judaea ...

The document is the longest Greek document found in the Judean Desert, spanning over 133 lines of written text.

As a result, the Roman state gave legal rewards to women who had successfully given birth. After three live babies (or four children for former slaves), women were recognized as legally independent.

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

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

A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...

In 1985, a war came to an official end – 2,131 years after its final battle. For centuries during the pre-Christian era, two ...

Flying with Airforce Once over the ocean Donald renamed the sea under him the Gulf of America. He signs executive orders ...