Zara

Zara is a game of chance that was played in the Middle Ages. It was most commonly played with three dice, although there were regional variations. Each player would throw the dice, calling out a number at the same time. If the number he called was not the sum of the dice, he would pay a number of coins equal to the number he called; if the number he called was the sum of the dice, he would collect a number of coins equal to the number called. In literature Zara is mentioned by Dante in the Divine Comedy: Italian Text