An extraordinary, lengthy document dated to around 130 A.D. chronicles a legal case from ancient Judaea. The details point to ...

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It started out as another day in the year 79 CE for the residents of Pompeii, a city in picturesque Southern Italy; the men ...

The Greek document details a court case in ancient Palestine involving tax fraud and provides insight into trial preparations in the Roman Empire ...

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

Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.