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The Cast of Ages traces the history of dice, lots, cleromancy, and chance-based divination across the ancient world, revealing how randomness repeatedly became entangled with fate, divine will, political legitimacy, and human decision-making. Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines archaeological evidence, literary references, ritual practices, gambling culture, military use, and sacred casting systems from Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and beyond. The book argues that dice occupied a paradoxical position in antiquity: instruments of both chance and revelation. Drawing from classical studies, anthropology, ritual theory, and symbolic systems, the work explores how civilizations transformed uncertainty itself into a mechanism for meaning, judgment, participation, and contact with forces believed to exceed ordinary human control.
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Publish dateMay 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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