The prosecutors prepared a sharp counter-argument: under Roman law, presenting forged documents in court was a crime unless proven to have been done in genuine ignorance. The scheme itself was ...

Its contents offer insight into how Roman law functioned in the empire’s eastern territories ... “This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus,” said Ecker.

A Milan court has explained why it acquitted 23 far-right activists who were among an estimated 1,000 young people who gave the Roman salute during a commemoration ceremony for a slain far-right ...