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Episode CIX - Saturnalia

Dec 17, 2018
26:50
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
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What Is Saturn's Festival?
02:50 • 2min
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What's the Roman Calendar for December?
04:39 • 2min
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The Roman Holiday of Roman Holidays, Isn't It?
06:37 • 2min
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Macrobius - A Christmas Carol - Part I
08:24 • 2min
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How Did We Celebrate Saturnalia?
10:01 • 2min
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Are We Talking About Saturnalia, Still Not Christmas?
11:47 • 3min
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The Customs of the Satyrnalia
14:34 • 3min
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The Dilemma Between Prose and Poetry
17:51 • 3min
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The Last Day of the Saturnalia
20:38 • 3min
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Is Saturnalia Just Christmas in an Early Form?
23:36 • 3min
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Saturnalia was the biggest festival on the Roman calendar - that special time in December when you gathered all your loved ones close, made a sacrifice to Saturn, and celebrated the festive season.

Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University).

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