About “Saturnalia”

Saturnalia is a Latin work written by Macrobius after c. 431 CE. It records discussions that took place at the home of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus during the festival of Saturnalia. The text includes a wide range of topics, such as history, mythology, criticism, antiquities, and grammar. It reflects the intellectual interests of the time and provides insight into the cultural and scholarly activities of late Roman society. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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Published
1969

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Saturnalia by Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius has 560 pages.

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