Early Christians tended to blend Christian and non-Christian practices – for instance, the date of Christmas coincides roughly with the Roman feast of Saturnalia (seven days of merrymaking ...

Today is Saturnalia, an ancient Roman holiday with a long tradition here at the Volokh Conspiracy. Admittedly, it's tradition only in so far as I have put up a post about it every December 17 ...

Available on: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S Release: Oct. 27 During classical antiquity, the Roman festival of Saturnalia was a time for merriment ...

ALF McCREARY (Belfast Telegraph, Perspective, December 18) is right to complain that Christmas is a feast of hypocrisy, light years removed from the ethos and teachings of the humble Nazarite ...

Saturnalia – the predecessor of Christmas As part of the Natalis Notabilis event which is being held this week in Rabat, Heritage Malta is inviting the public to visit the Domvs Romana at the ...

It's the feast of Saturnalia when all the world's turned upside down with dancing and feasting and mis-rule. An abandoned ship has washed up in Ostia - carrying ghosts or monsters or who knows what.

As the festive holiday of Saturnalia approaches in Davis's well-crafted 18th Roman historical (after 2006's See Delphi and Die), informer Marcus Didius Falco receives an imperial commission from ...

The Gutter Twins are Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli, an alliance that might cause their rehab counsellors concern, but which the rest of us should celebrate for the dark elegance of Saturnalia.

Crime Happy Saturnalia! We continue the longstanding Volokh Conspiracy tradition of celebrating this ancient Roman holiday. Ilya Somin | 12.17.2018 1:50 PM ...