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

The Theodosian Code is apparently the first non-Jewish source to document the phenomenon of Purim parties that get out of hand. (JTA) – Every year before Purim, my inbox and social media fill up ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...