11/28/2023 0 Comments Alea jacta est translation![]() It is all laid out in Lewis & Short's amazingly encyclopedic entry for alea. ![]() Contrary to popular opinion, alea does not mean "die," but rather "game of dice" or "game of chance." Roman dice games were usually played with several dice, which were either six-sided tesserae (very similar to modern six-sided dice) or four-sided tali. ![]() Following the idea of a one-sided die and keeping close to the wording of alea iacta est will probably be difficult.
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