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25 October 2010 Science

Ludi Romani: Games in ancient Rome

Far from the Colosseum of the ancient Romans providing good entertainment for the audience: sometimes the fights in the arena were so boring that another pastime was needed. So visitors carved game boards into the benches and got started. In fact, board games were popular in Roman times. Dirk Bracht from Archäologischer Park Xanten explains which game was the hit in the empire and how gambling-addicted Romans outsmarted the state.

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