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Ssaturnalia

By Macrobius

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Introduction

Saturnalia is a learned dialogue about Roman culture by Macrobius. It treats a group of Roman intellectuals discussing literature, religion, language, antiquarian custom, and the festival of Saturnalia. Its importance lies in its preservation of antiquarian learning and its idealized portrait of late Roman elite conversation.

Aliases and alternate titles

  • Ssaturnali
  • Ssaturnalia

Overview

Author chronology
Not recorded
Original language
Latin
Work type
Not recorded
Classification
Latin Philosophy
Public versions
1

Versions and translations

Ancient translations

Reading structure

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Textual and editorial provenance

  • Legacy Ods
  • Latin Philosophy

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Authority and source references

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Corpus statistics

86,615 indexed tokens across 2,073 passages.

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