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In 2010, Martin Ezcurra defined the subfamily Saturnaliinae for the clade containing Saturnalia and Chromogisaurus, which were found to be close relatives in several studies. [1] While they are sometimes found to be a subgroup within the Guaibasauridae , [ 1 ] all recent studies have found the saturnaliines to form an independent lineage at the ...
Saturnalia tupiniquim is known from three well-preserved partial skeletons and disarticulated remains from at least three other individuals. 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]
English: This codex from the Plutei Collection of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence contains the complete text of Saturnalia by the fourth−fifth century Latin author Macrobius. The work takes the form of a series of dialogues among learned men at a fictional banquet at which they discuss antiquities, history, literature ...
Christmas in Chester means a celebration of more than one set of 2,000-year-old traditions.
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Saturnalia is a late example of the Symposium genre pioneered by Plato and Xenophon. [2] It is written as a series of scholarly dialogues at fictional banquets held over the eve of Saturnalia and three days of the holiday, December 16–19. [3] In each book, one of the characters does the bulk of the speaking on the topic. [4]
In the dialogue of Macrobius's Saturnalia, the interlocutor Praetextatus says that sigillaria were substitutes for the sacrificial victims of the primitive religious rituals. [5] Interpreted as such, they raise questions about human sacrifice among the earliest Romans [6] (see also Argei and oscilla). The speaker Evangelus, however, counters ...
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December in the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities until 19 December. By the 1st century BC, the celebration had been extended until 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1 ]