Tag: Saturnalia in Roman history

• Mythology Mayhem: the History of Saturnalia

  I’m pretty sure I’ve plugged Saturnalia already, but I thought I’d recap. Sources differ, but here is what we know: The Romans held a celebration around every winter solstice called Saturnalia, honouring the god Saturn, in which they took a week-long holiday, ate themselves silly and partied. Slaves and their owners hung out together as…

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  5 February, 2019

  Mythology Mayhem

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