Turns Out Ancient Rome Took Tax Fraud Very Seriously The Roman Empire was a behemoth of bureaucracy and regulation, its laws often as complex as they were unforgiving.
Corruption was not unique to modern governments; ancient civilizations like Rome were also plagued by the scourge of corruption.
A recently unearthed inscription from 480 CE reveals a tale of tax evasion on a grand scale in Anatolia (modern day Turkey).