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TIL the Ancient Romans could have played D and D because they (and the Egyptians) invented the 20-sided die. (www.roger-pearse.com)

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[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

they (and the Egyptians) invented

So you mean the Egyptians invented it and the Greeks/Romans simply appropriated it like they did everything else.

[–] Shalakushka@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Conveniently forgets the whole dynasty when Egypt was ruled by Greeks

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Um, its from when Egypt was Greek.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Possibly. The article doesn't make clear which is older.

[–] Skua@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

We know that Plato and co did a lot of chatting about the shape at least. Since the period of Egypt that these old dice come from is the Greek-influenced Ptolemaic, and Rome was pretty big on its Greek culture anyway, I wonder if it started use there?