TWO ROMAN DICE FROM THE MOLDAVIAN PLAIN

Authors

  • Daniel Ciucălău Botosani County Museum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14795/j.v4i2.253

Keywords:

long dice, games of chance, rituals of divination, free Dacians

Abstract

The article presents two  Roman long dice discovered in the carpic settlements from Botosani-Dealul Cărămidăriei and Botosani-Groapa lui Ichim Their presence attests to the diversity of the relations between the free Dacians from the Plain of Moldavia and the Roman world of the 3rd century.

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Published

2017-07-11

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Archaeology

How to Cite

TWO ROMAN DICE FROM THE MOLDAVIAN PLAIN. (2017). JOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.14795/j.v4i2.253

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