Solstice Saturnalia takes inspiration from the pagan winter Saturnalia festivals of ancient Rome that paid homage to Saturn, the god of agriculture. The holiday has become synonymous, over the ...

a clarion call throughout the centuries of the Roman festival of the Saturnalia. The commemoration originated in ancient Rome in honor of an early king-god named Saturnus who was renowned for the ...

Ancient Egyptian, Roman, Mayan, and Greek societies also celebrated holidays and partied plenty. Here are a few of the most notable. The ancient Romans celebrated the festival Saturnalia in honor of ...

The festival, which English Heritage (EH) said honoured Saturn, the Roman god of farming and harvest, was one of the ancient ... knew their place", but during Saturnalia, the rules were "set ...

Some sources trace Carnival back to ancient Rome’s Saturnalia festivals, celebrated around mid-December in honor of the god Saturn, father of Jupiter. Others suggest it started out in ancient Egypt.