# Roman dodecahedron - what do you think it was for?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-dodecahedron-what-do-you-think-it-was-for/585945 "2011-06-18T17:14:35Z")\
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> [@Askance](#):
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> Why only soldiers from European areas, not North Africa, the Balkans, or the Middle East?

Yep. Especially since, [as I said in the other, more recent thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-dodecahedrons/980459/17): those were often _the same soldiers_.

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