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[[Image:Xii_scripta_ephesus.jpg|thumb|right|XII scripta board in the museum at [[Ephesus]]]] |
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'''Ludus duodecim scriptorum''', or '''XII scripta''', was a [[Tables (board game)|tables game]] popular during the time of the [[Roman Empire]]. The name translates as "game of twelve markings", probably referring to the three rows of 12 markings each found on most surviving boards. The game [[tabula]] is thought to be a descendant of this game, and both are similar to modern [[backgammon]].<ref name="austin-roman1">Austin, Roland G. "Roman Board Games. I", ''Greece & Rome'' 4:10, October 1934. pp. 24-34.</ref> |
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It has been speculated that XII scripta is related to the [[Egypt|Egyptian]] game [[senet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hardyhuebener.de/engl/geschichte.html |title=Tabular History of Backgammon |accessdate=2007-01-09 |last=Hübener |first=Hardy |work=Hardy's Backgammon Pages |quote=''Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum'' seems to have developed from the game ''Senet''.}}</ref> but some consider this doubtful because, with the exception of limited superficial similarities between the appearance of the boards, and the use of dice, there is no known evidence linking the games.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} Another factor casting doubt on this link is that the latest known classical senet board is over half of a millennium older than the earliest known XII scripta board. |
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Very little information about specific gameplay has survived. The game was played using three cubic [[dice]], and each player had 15 pieces. A possible "beginners' board", having spaces marked with letters, has suggested a possible path for the movement of pieces.<ref name="austin-roman1"/> |
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The earliest known mention of the game is in [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'' (''The Art of Love'') (written between 1 BC and 8 AD). |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://web.archive.org/http://www.personal.psu.edu/wxk116/roma/duodecim.html Roman Board Games — Duodecim Scripta], with images of game boards |
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*[http://web.archive.org/http://www.personal.psu.edu/wxk116/roma/sex.html Roman Board Games — The Lines of the Twelve Philosophers], which may be related to XII scripta |
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--212.85.7.14 (talk) 16:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC)hello evryone my name is shannon and i go to ............ iam 12 years old and alice and hannah are funny........ be continu