
Episode CIX - Saturnalia
Emperors of Rome
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The Roman Holiday of Roman Holidays, Isn't It?
It was the roman holiday of roman holidays, wasn't it? Yes. The evidence we have from sa republican poet like catullus, he calls it the best of days. That's in his fourteenth poem. He's hes talking about it as being a time of jollity. No wonder they just went the whole of december. And then you got the ation, the length changing of the festival. Because i take it it was very populara this was the rRoman holiday of romon holidays, wasn’t it? yes. But we've got very few texts that focus just specifically on saturn don't we? We've got no manual for
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