[Archive] Roman Dice Tower

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Admiral:

Courtesy of Bloodbeard, who shared this piece of news:

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A Roman throwing tower found at Vettwei�Y-Froitz-heim in Germany. The sides have been worked open, so that the players could see the dice rolling. Invented to prevent cheating. Text on the back reads: utere felix vivas (‘use it and live as a lucky man’).

4th century

On the front it says Pictos victos hostis deleta ludite securi (‘The Picts have been defeated, the enemy destroyed, play carefree’).

The text refers to a Roman victory over the Picts in Scotland, north of Roman Britannia.

At LVR Museum, Bonn, Germany http://www.landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de/en/startseite.html

https://www.wissenschaft.de/magazin/weitere-themen/roemer-und-kelten-im-museum/

Archaeologist Ticia Verveer

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Uther the unhinged:

Romans. They create a wasteland and call it civilization.

The picts laughed last.

But cool tower nonetheless.

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Admiral:

Tacitus’ Galgacus speech. Stands the test test of time! :hat off

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Uther the unhinged:

Yep. Great speech.

Sadly I suspect in reality it was more along the lines of

�?o See them Roman B******s, they�?Tre after our women. Get �?~em!�?�

But never let reality get in the way of a good story.

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Abecedar:

Is it made of Tin?

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