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Roman six-sided bone gaming dice, known as tesserae in Latin. Each face features a circle with an incised dot, ranging from one to six.

The Romans were very fond of playing with dice and various dice games were frequently played in taverns, military camps, streets and palaces. Several Roman emperors like Caligula and Commodus are known to have been inveterate players. A now-lost book 'De arte alae' (on the art of dice) was written by the Roman Emperor Claudius.

Size: ± 12,2 x 12,3 x 12,7 mm

Condition: good solid condition. Signs of wear consistent with age and use. See images.

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1st - 3rd century AD - Europe

Ancient Roman Bone Legionary Gaming Dice

Archaeology

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Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

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