the spot: Il Vagabondo, nyc
the subject: hunter staff playing bocce
the meregar: the most reliable sources agree that Bocce, as we know it today, was played between battles during Rome’s Punic Wars against Carthage, which started in 264 B.C. Soldiers selected a small stone called a “leader” and threw it first. Then larger stones would be thrown at the “leader” and the stone coming closest to it would score. The game provided exercise and relaxation for the soldiers
