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 **all about Ancient Rome board Games** **by :Kimberly L** The Romans played a lot of games. One of the game is Tali, Tali is Latin for Knucklebones. The Ancient Greeks originally made the Knucklebones of 2 animals goats, and sheep .The Romans would make it out of other things like brass , silver , ivory ,Gold ,marble , wood , bronze , glass ,terracotta , and precious gems.When the Tali is tossed ,the Tali would each fall on 4 and the most common.Form of the game resembled modern dice. Playing dice was very popular among the Romans.http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/tali.html

The game mancala is a little type of race game that involves with placing stones or beans in set of hollows that often arranged in 4  times 12 grid, although many variations exist ranging from 2 times 8 to4 times 26 .So many variations on this game exist that it could Actually be considered a class of Mancala.http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/mancala.htm  The game SENET was the favorite game of the Ancient Egyptians. The popularity of Egypt Senet spread far beyond the Nile and it.Became widely played in the Roman Empire. In Greece ,it spawned the slightly improved game Diagramismos or Grammies.Stones were used for counting before the atones were used for counting before the abacus was, Introduced , hence the word ‘calculate ’.

The Latin term ludus calculorum Means ” the game of stones “, but the refrences are general and unclear. To make sure, there is no evidence that there was a specific game Called Ludus Calculorum. The term Ludus Calculorum seems to have been applied to board games in general, including Latruncli. http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/senet.htm Playing dice was very popular among the Romans.The pair of dice was found at Herculaneum. The Rom ans called theseTesserae,but they also played Tali or Knucklebones.

The only differenceBetween these Roman and modern dice is that the numbers were arranged such that any two opposite sides would add up to seven.http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/tali.htmlStones were used for counting before the abacus was ,Introduced, hence the word ‘calculate ’. The Latin term ludus calculorumMeans ” the game of stones “, but the refrences are general and unclear .To make sure, there is no evidence that there was a specific gameCalled Ludus Calculorum. The term Ludus Calculorum seems to have been applied to board games in general, including Latruncli.http://www.aerobiologicalengineering.com/wxk116/Roman/BoardGames/calculi.htm

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