A Roman throwing tower found at Vettweiß-Froitz-heim in Germany. The sides have been worked open, so that the players could see the dice rolling. Invented to prevent cheating.Text on the back reads: 'utere felix vivas' ('use it and live as a lucky man').
On the front it says ' Pictos victos hostis deleta ludite securi' (' The Picts have been defeated, the enemy destroyed, play carefree').
The text refers to a Roman victory over the Picts in Scotland, north of Roman Britannia.
4th century
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