Games and gamers in Dacia
Journal Title: Arheologia Moldovei - Year 2016, Vol 39, Issue 1
Abstract
The necropoleis of Braniște and Gura Secului, both found in the village of Nemțișor (Vânători-Neamț commune, Neamț County, Romania), and of Târzia (Brusturi-Drăgănești com. Neamț Co.) produced several small lenticular artefacts made of glass, which were interpreted as counters, pieces used in tabletop games (Germ. Spielsteine). Similar items have been found especially in forts (castra) inside the Empire, particularly along the Rhine, but also in the province of Dacia. Furthermore, such objects have also been recorded in sites from the Barbaricum, which confirms the wide spreading of such games in the Europe of that time. Besides certain links, more extensive than generally agreed, between lands inside the Empire and those outside of the limes, the aforementioned discoveries also signal the adoption of specifically Roman customs, a phenomenon that had profound implications in changing mindsets inside the barbarian world.
Authors and Affiliations
VIRGIL MIHAILESCU-BÎRLIBA
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP449501
- DOI -
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
Amforele descoperite în necropolele de la Braniște și Tîrzia
Excavations at the Roman era necropoleis of Braniște-Nemţișor and Tîrzia, located on an important road connecting Moldavia with Transylvania to the west and the Lower Danube/Mediterranean to the south, have yielded a var...
PROF. EM. DR. DRES. H.C. BERNHARD HÄNSEL (24.05.1937 – 1.04.2017)
Obituaria. PROF. EM. DR. DRES. H.C. BERNHARD HÄNSEL (24.05.1937 – 1.04.2017)
Abrevieri
Abbreviations
Experimental (re)construction and use of a Late Cucuteni-Trypillia kiln
This paper describes an archaeological experiment which took place in September 2017 in Stolniceni, Edineț County, Republic of Moldova, based on the recent discovery, in the Cucuteni-Trypillia site from the locality, of...
Un lot de monede descoperite la Cetatea Albă, din colecţia Institutului de Arheologie al Academiei Naţionale de Știinţe a Ucrainei din Kiev
The authors are presenting 119 coin finds atested on the territory of the fortress of Bilhorod on the river Dniester (also called Tyras, Akdja Kerman, Asprokastron, Cetatea Albă, Akkerman). The numismatic material have b...