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Roman stone game board from a military bathhouse in Britain, 2nd-4th century AD (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[โ€“] marron12 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neat find. I wonder how big it is. It looks like a pretty good size. It's kind of fun to imagine Roman soldiers playing games in their free time.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We actually have a rough idea of how one of the more popular games, Latrones, was played.