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 to 23 December.
Public sacrifice and banquet for the god Saturn universal wearing of the pileus Saturnalia (1783) by Antoine-François Callet, showing his interpretation of what the Saturnalia might have looked likeįeasting, role reversals, gift-giving, gambling
