Ludite pilam!

January 19, 2005 12:07 AM

Roman ball games and Roman board games. Complete with literary references, ancient artwork, and instructions for playing the games yourself. So let's all sing: Aufer me ad arenam (to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame").
posted by stopgap (2 comments total)

Wonderful post, stopgap, thanks.

I especially liked the board that spells out Levate dalocu ludere nescis idiota recede (Get up and leave, you don't know this game, quit!)
posted by Ljubljana at 3:21 AM on January 19, 2005

This is great!
Damm, I've read about these games and never realised they actually were still around. Thanks stopgap!
posted by thatwhichfalls at 9:49 PM on January 21, 2005