They had to roll for damage before swinging their gladius in the arena.
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We should make a bunch of weird metal objects and bury them to confuse historians
I'm pretty sure we already do, we just don't realize it
Yeah, as I understand, there haven't actually been many found. It could have just been one blacksmith forging these as a gift item.
Wasn't there some suggestion that it's a knitting tool?
First reference to spool knitting isn’t until the 1500s. Likely not the actual use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron?wprov=sfti1
That was my first thought as well
Aliens are real and they live among us
What if these were used to help the blind or poor of eyesight verify the size of coins?