Julius Caesar plays tali (aka astrogali or knucklebones) on his 12th birthday.
Latin student playing Tali (Knucklebones)
Activity:
1. Play knucklebones! This game is similar to dice, but uses the bones in a sheep's ankle instead of traditional dice (I have no idea why it's called "knuckle bones"; in English it should be called "ankle bones," as it is in Latin, but there's a tradition calling it "knucklebones," which we follow.)
2. You can try to make your own knucklebones, but I purchased mine on E-bay from a distributor in Hong Kong. Just type "plastic knucklebones" in the search bar on E-bay and you'll see sets with silver and red knucklebones for around $2 per set after including shipping.
3. Here is a set of instructions and a picture to help you with scoring (students actually place the bones on the picture after a roll, which helps immensely with scoring.) I just print the instructions and the picture and distribute them along with a set of knucklebones to groups of 3 or 4 students.
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