# Alea

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**Alea** or **ALEA** may refer to:

## Places in Greece

- [Alea (Arcadia)](/source/Alea_(Arcadia)), a town of ancient Arcadia, located near the modern town in Argolis
- [Alea (Thessaly)](/source/Alea_(Thessaly)), a town of ancient Thessaly
- [Alea, Arcadia](/source/Alea,_Arcadia), a village in the municipal unit [Tegea](/source/Tegea), Arcadia
- [Alea, Argolis](/source/Alea,_Argolis), a small town in Argolis

## Organisations

- [Alabama Law Enforcement Agency](/source/Alabama_Law_Enforcement_Agency) (ALEA)
- [American Law and Economics Association](/source/American_Law_and_Economics_Association) (ALEA)

## Other uses

- [Alea (Greek soldier)](/source/Alea_(Greek_soldier)), origin of the word *aleatoire* (meaning "random")
- [Alea (game)](/source/Alea_(game)), the earliest known tables game and possible ancestor of backgammon
- Alea, originally a game-publishing subsidiary of [Ravensburger](/source/Ravensburger), purchased by Heidelburger
- [ALEA Ensemble](/source/ALEA_Ensemble), an Austrian ensemble for contemporary music
- [Athena Alea](/source/Athena_Alea), an epithet of goddess [Athena](/source/Athena).

## See also

- [Alea iacta est](/source/Alea_iacta_est)
- [Alia (disambiguation)](/source/Alia_(disambiguation))

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