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- α4250Ἀστράγαλοςknucklebone, astragal… 2290). Suetonius (Augustus 71) reports a letter of Augustus to Tiberius in which he describes a game where the players ante-ed for each die thrown of 1 or 6 and the pot was won …
- κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… game reported by Suetonius, Augustus 71, from a letter to Tiberius). The entire pot was won by the first player to throw triple 6, and this gave rise to the proverb "either triple 6 …