Board games and Alea type games in everyday life of Imperial Rome: terminology and rules of the game Cover Image

Gry planszowe i typu alea w życiu codziennym starożytnych Rzymian w okresie Cesarstwa. Terminologia i próba rekonstrukcji zasad gry
Board games and Alea type games in everyday life of Imperial Rome: terminology and rules of the game

Author(s): Kinga Stanek
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Instytut Historyczny Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the Latin terminology on games and ways of spending free time from the 1 st century B.C. to the turn of the 6 th and 7 th century A.D. An analysis of terms and iconographic evidence serves as the basis for an attempt at the reconstruction of the rules of games such as duodecim scripta, ludus latrunculorum and alea.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 78-101
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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