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Definitions of saturnalia in various dictionaries:
noun - an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
noun - a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
A celebration marked by unrestrained revelry and often licentiousness; an orgy.
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| In Cicero's day, this December Roman festival of unrestrained merrymaking lasted for 7 days |
| The name of this joyous December 17 festival is now a "planetary" synonym for wild revelry |
| An orgiastic, unrestrained festival in ancient Rome bearing the name of a god |
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| Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters provided table service for their slaves. A common custom was the election of a "King of the Saturnalia", who would give orders to people and preside over the merrymaking. The gifts exchanged were usually gag gifts or small figurines made of wax or pottery known as sigillaria. The poet Catullus called it "the best of days".Saturnalia was the Roman equivalent to the earlier Greek holiday of Kronia, which was celebrated during the Attic month of Hekatombaion in late midsummer. It held theological importance for some Romans, who saw it as a restoration of the anc |