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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 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 ]
In ancient Roman culture, sigillaria were pottery or wax figurines given as traditional gifts during the Saturnalia. Sigillaria as a proper noun was also the name for the last day of the Saturnalia, December 23, [ 1 ] and for a place where sigillaria were sold. [ 2 ] A sigillarius was a person who made and sold sigillaria, perhaps as an ...
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]
The history of higher education in the United States begins in 1636 and continues to the present time. American higher education is known throughout the world for its dramatic expansion. It was also heavily influenced by British models in the colonial era, and German models in the 19th century. The American model includes private schools ...
The history of college campuses in the United States begins in 1636 with the founding of Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then known as New Towne.Early colonial colleges, which included not only Harvard, but also College of William & Mary, Yale University and The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), were modeled after equivalent English and Scottish institutions, but ...
Publication history. [edit] 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 ...
History class at Tuskegee, 1902. The school was founded on July 4, 1881, as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers. This was a result of an agreement made during the 1880 elections in Macon County between a former Confederate Colonel, W.F. Foster, who was a candidate for re-election to the Alabama Senate, and a local black Leader, Lewis Adams. [9]