De Vetula

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Category: Dice Games Time Period: 13th century

De Vetula ("On the Old Woman") is a 13th century epic poem that discusses games such as: table games, checkers, chess and rithmomachia; as well as mathematical probability.

The "author" is given as Ovid, but this was in doubt by the 14th century.

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de vetula, the 13th century d&d poem (History, Facsimile, Translation) -- Blog page about rolling dice and the probability of outcomes in De Vetula (more)

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