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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by mcphage on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:59AM (#39105101)
> The cities likely had some form of guild system to prove claims like this.

> The middle of nowhere you could prove yourself with a standardized piece of work.

Which is why it's significant that none have been found in Rome, or any of the major warmer cities.

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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by yreg on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:04AM (#39105181)
Why? This could have been just some local system in that region.
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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by TSiege on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:25AM (#39105486)
I think you and the poster are in agreement. The significance is that you wouldn't need knitted gloves in Mediterranean climates. So if this was for some other use or as a novelty, you'd expect it evenly distributed throughout the empire
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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by ffgjgf1 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @03:20AM (#39114939)
> you'd expect it evenly distributed throughout the empire

Why? Large premodern states were almost never strongly culturally homogeneous. Especially below the upper class/elite level.

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