The Saturnalia festival was the end of the year celebration of the Romans, traditionally held from December 17-23. We'll look at the public and private celebrations. We'll include a reenactment of fourth century Roman military as presented by suodales.com. IO SATURNALIA!

0:00 Introduction
0:54 Literary sources
3:33 Suspension of societal norms and various religious practices
5:48 Public events
6:45 Private events (bath, sacrifice, feasting, gaming)
7:25 Sigillaria

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