Micatio

• Micatio was one of three Roman Games of Odds or Evens.

Guess the number of fingers

• Micatio:
  • similar to ‘Par Impar’ except the two players would use their fingers instead of stones and hold up each hand showing 1-5 fingers.
  • The other player would have to guess whether it was an odd or even number, or guess the total number of fingers

Heads or Tails

• Navia aut capita:
  • meaning ‘Heads or Tails’ because a Roman coin often had a ship (navia) on one side and the Head (capita) of Janus with two faces on the other.

Odds or Evens

• Par Impar:
  • meaning Odds or Evens. A bet was made between two players, as to whether the number of stones held in the hand of one of the player’s was an odd or an even number.