When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems, Peter ...

Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at least 10% on a vast range of goods imported to the US. For some countries ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

exemplified by Roman institutions of economy and political power.... You would have an enormous range and mix of people because certainly in the Mediterranean basin, on the maritime fringe of that ...

A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when ...

This finding emphasizes the use of local resources in industrial tool-making during antiquity, an integral aspect of economic activities which complemented the growing influence of Roman ...

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.