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De aleatoribus (also cited as Adversus aleatores) · Pseudo-Cyprian (anonymous, transmitted among Cyprian's works) · 3rd-4th century (Harnack dated it c. 190-200 under Victor I; most modern scholars place i… · treatise

Latin · domain: latin-patristic-pre-nicene · researched 2026-11-14

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

No English translation was located. HOLLIS records an Italian translation with facing Latin (Il gioco dei dadi, Bologna: EDB, 2006) and German editions, including Harnack's 1888 study and a Latin/German edition printed at Freiburg in 1889. The tract does not appear in the Ante-Nicene Fathers appendix of pseudo-Cyprianic treatises (ANF 5), which translates the other doubtful works under Cyprian's name. No English item appears in HOLLIS for the title.

The only surviving pre-Nicene Christian tract on gambling, and a rare witness to how third-century clergy were expected to police the leisure of their congregations; it also preserves one of the earliest Latin references to the bishop of Rome as guarantor of orthodoxy. Its date is disputed, which is itself part of what a reader needs to be told. No machine-readable Latin text could be verified for this survey, so the etext field is left empty.

Existing translations recorded

Edition / series
Il gioco dei dadi · 2006 language: it · complete Italian translation with Latin text

Edition / series

Il gioco dei dadi · 2006

language: it · complete Italian translation with Latin text

Electronic text

No open electronic text was verified for this work. The Greek/Coptic/Geʿez may exist only in a print or subscription edition (Migne, CSCO, TLG, CMCL).

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Record	Citation
Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt Damme, Dirk van · 1969 · ger	Damme, Dirk van. "Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt." Freiburg, Schweiz, Universitätsverlag, 1969. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012632800203941
On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality · 2023 · eng, fre	"On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156665351403941
De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1916 · lat	Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate." Bonnae : P. Hanstein, 1916. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022554220203941
On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus · 2023 · lat	Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus. "On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99157958268203941
Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1933 · lat	Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis." Paris, Société d'édition Les Belles lettres, 1933. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99159350045103941

Record

Citation

Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt

Damme, Dirk van · 1969 · ger

Damme, Dirk van. "Pseudo-Cyprian: Adversus Judaeos. Gegen die Judenchristen die älteste lateinische Predigt." Freiburg, Schweiz, Universitätsverlag, 1969. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990012632800203941

On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality

· 2023 · eng, fre

"On Pseudo-Cyprian's Heptateuchos : biblical rewriting between narratio probabilis and allusive intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99156665351403941

De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1916 · lat

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "De baptismo : et Ps.-Cypriani De rebaptismate." Bonnae : P. Hanstein, 1916. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990022554220203941

On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality

Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus · 2023 · lat

Gallus, Ps.-Cyprianus. "On Pseudo-Cyprian’s Heptateuchos : Biblical Rewriting between 'narratio probabilis' and Allusive Intertextuality." Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99157958268203941

Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230 · 1933 · lat

Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230. "Tertullien, De spectacvlis; suivi de Pseudo-Cyprien, De spectacvlis." Paris, Société d'édition Les Belles lettres, 1933. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99159350045103941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “On Dice-Players” (latin gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-pseudocyprian-de-aleatoribus