They had to roll for damage before swinging their gladius in the arena.
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
They wants the dodecalicious!
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?
that’s posted so often and it’s obviously a tent joint. tent poles go in the holes and a loop of a corner of the tarpaulins goes over one of the nubs.
Why are the holes different sizes?
And why 12 sides? I’ve only ever seen a tent joint with five connection points max. Twelve would be overkill, especially when even if you used six holes, you’d have six other holes for no reason.
And if they were tent joints, why wouldn’t we find them all over the place and not just northern England?
that way you’re flexible. you can use three poles or four etc, depending on how big you want it.
So that a pole with a pointy end goes in, but not through. You want multiple poles in there. It’s a joint.
