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Roman Dodecahedron as dioptron: analysis of freely available data
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
Recently I have proposed the Roman Dodecahedra as ancient coincidence rangefinders. Here I discuss several data and references freely available on the Web. After analysis, the comm…
The orientation of Julia Augusta Taurinorum (Torino)
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
It seems that the ancient Roman towns were oriented with the sunrise. Here I propose a discussion on the orientation of Torino, the Julia Augusta Taurinorum, which has the ancient…
Dodecahedral bowling
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
In this paper I propose a possible use of Roman Dodecahedra, which are bronze artifacts of gallo-roman origin dating from the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD, for playing a bowling game. T…
A Roman Dodecahedron for measuring distance
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
Here I am discussing a possible use of a Roman Dodecahedron, a bronze artifact of gallo-roman origin, for measuring distance. A dodecahedron, found at Jublains, the ancient Nouiodu…
Hemaka's constant
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
As proposed in a previous paper, the decorations of ancient objects can provide some information on the approximate evaluations of constant π, the ratio of circumference to diamete…
Number pi from the decoration of the Langstrup plate
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
Studies of ancient bronze artifacts can be useful in understanding the progression of human knowledge of mathematics and geometry. Here I discuss the decoration composed by several…