Saturnalia What best way to meet Saturn than to come to its own personal holiday – Saturnalia. Romans celebrated it with flair: public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters provided table service for their slaves. In Justinus’ Epitome of Trogus the […]

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