A janitor discovered a dice and proved that cheaters were still in ancient Rome
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An amateur treasure hunter in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, found evidence that the Romans were cheating while gambling when he found a 2,000-year-old weighted dice. Reported by the Daily Mail.
Cleaner Stephen Pattison, 47, stumbled upon a bronze item while searching for treasure on a field with friends. At first, the Englishman took the find for a bolt that was used on a farm, but brushing the ground off the object, he saw its true purpose. The Englishman noticed dots on the found cube and realized that it was a dice from the times of Ancient Rome.
Having looked at the cube, the man realized that it was weighted in such a way that the required numbers would appear more often. Pattison tried tossing the find several times and noticed that the numbers two and six came up more often than usual. Thus, the find proved that cheaters were still in Ancient Rome.
“The Romans loved to play a game in which it was profitable to throw two or six points. They made this cube slightly crooked to increase the chances of success. They had widespread gambling, and when the game is for money, there is always deception, ”the man explained.
The Englishman and his brother regularly go in search of artifacts in the vicinity of North Yorkshire. Finding treasures with a metal detector is very similar to time travel, he said. Previously, Pattison found 13th century silver coins. There are many places in North Yorkshire where the legacy of Ancient Rome is found.
Earlier it was reported that an amateur treasure hunter found a unique medieval brooch with an emerald in British Wales. According to experts, its cost can reach 100 thousand pounds sterling (about 10 million rubles).
