Alea was a Greek soldier who reputedly invented the dicing game 'Tabula'. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7rEkOX8NmM0C&pg=RA1-PA61&lpg=RA1-PA61&dq=disis+occidens+adam&source=web&ots=0MbgJ4ioAf&sig=Gu5-vxetefyJJeB8wTuGPzzFZQo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PRA1-PA60,M1]
This is the origin of the name "aléatoire", meaning
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