Roman dodecahedra: Dodecahedron of unknown use, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, 2nd-3rd century AD - Landesmuseum Württemberg - Stuttgart, Germany - DSC
Artifact · Authenticated · Roman north-western provinces (no single find-spot)

Roman dodecahedra

About 130 Roman bronze objects with twelve faces, and more than fifty explanations. None is written down.

Roman era (2nd-4th c. AD typical; INTERPRETATION)

More than fifty explanations, and no Roman text mentions them. How does a well-documented empire leave no word on what they did?

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Photo: Daderot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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