Archaeologists decode rules of an ancient Roman board game

Researchers used artificial intelligence and simulations to decode the rules of an ancient Roman board game found on a limestone fragment.
By employing artificial intelligence to analyze wear patterns on the small chunk of limestone and running thousands of simulations, researchers believe that they have brought back a forgotten pastime.
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