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 ...

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

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...

To commit tax fraud with the slave trade in the most remote corner of the Roman world, what would you have to do, and what would have made the effort profitable? The ancient scheme has resonated ...