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Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended through 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1 ]
Saturnalia tupiniquim is known from three well-preserved partial skeletons. The holotype, MCP 3844-PV is a partial skeleton including most of the presacral vertebrae and sacrum, the pectoral and pelvic girdles, the right humerus and part of the right ulna, the left femur, and most of the right hind limb. [2]
Saturnalia (Latin: Saturnaliorum Libri Septem, "Seven Books of the Saturnalia ") is a work written after c. 431 CE by the Roman provincial Macrobius Theodosius (b. c. 390 CE - d. ?). [1] The Saturnalia consists of an account of the discussions held at the house of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus during the holiday of the Saturnalia.
Saturnalia was one of the first single-character fantasy, sword and sorcery PBM role-playing games. [ 1 ] Neil Packer and Simon Letts designed the game. [ 2 ] Also known as Sat, Saturnalia was hand moderated. [ 2 ] Turn results in 1985 comprised an A4-sized page of small handwriting, with shorter or longer results resulting in adjusted turn fees.
Greek equivalent. Cronus. Saturn (Latin: Sāturnus [saːˈtʊrnʊs]) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. He was described as a god of time, generation, dissolution, abundance, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace.
Saturnalia (horse) Katsuhiko Sumii. Saturnalia (Japanese: サートゥルナーリア foaled 21 March 2016) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2018 he was rated the second-best two-year-old in Japan as he was undefeated in three starts including the Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes on his final appearance of the season. On his three-year-old debut ...
Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 CE and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire. [ 1 ][ 2 ] From Aurelian onward, Sol Invictus often ...
Saturnalia, an ancient Roman winter festival in honour of the deity Saturn Yaldā Night , an Iranian festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year". Nardoqan , the birth of the sun, is an ancient Turkic festival that celebrates the winter solstice.