Nuces castellatae
Nuces castellatae (Latin: nuts turrets ) was a Roman game that was played especially by children and young people. In the game of skill , little turrets were built from four nuts in such a way that three were on the ground and touching each other and a fourth rested on top of the three. The player now had to try from a distance to bring them to collapse by throwing nuts at them.
The variant of the game with marbles persisted into the 21st century, as the well-known marble game variant Schlösschen confirms.
literature
- Jutta Väterlein: Roma invited . Children and adults playing games in ancient Rome . Grüner, Amsterdam 1976, ISBN 90-6032-068-9 .
- Frederick AG Beck: Album of Greek Education. The Greeks at School and at Play . Cheiron Press, Sydney 1975, ISBN 0-9598400-0-1 .