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.

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

During the reign of Emperor Hadrian, two Jewish outlaws stood trial for a series of crimes including the freeing of slaves ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled ...