this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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[–] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The article doesn't support anything your title says

[–] 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?

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I mean... You can play D&D with 6-sided dice, 4-sided dice, a deck of cards, matchsticks, rock paper scissors, /dev/random, bones with symbols carved onto them, and leaves in the wind.

[–] 15liam20@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Egyptians also invented the five-sided dice but they were too huge to roll.