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The Roman Dodecahedrons were discussed on HN before. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565806 https://news.
by vee-kay 9mo ago
The Roman Dodecahedrons were discussed on HN before.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565806
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39102069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39102069
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24332244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24332244
Several theories on their purpose, most plausible (IMHO) is that that they were used for knitting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientrome/comments/17a17ju/roman_dodecahedron_solved/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientrome/comments/17a17ju/roman_...
- pseudohadamard 9mo agoAnd they're all wrong. The real use was with a (now decayed-away) wooden ball inside them which, when shaken, displayed texts like "certum est" and "iterum postulo".