Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival, was initially celebrated on December 17. It honored Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture and time. It gradually evolved into a week-long festive celebration.

"Celebrated at the ides of February, or Feb. 15, Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus ...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th and is thought to be connected to the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia. The holiday's modern traditions are largely attributed to Geoffrey ...

It was a Roman festival honoring Saturn, the god of agriculture, according to History.com. The festival began the week before the winter solstice and continued for a month.

FAMILIES are reminded it’s Dorchester’s new Roman Festival today and tomorrow hosted in the amphitheatre of Maumbury Rings. Visitors of all ages will get to train like a gladiator, witness ...

ROME, Jan. 29.—Among the many projects suggested for the celebration of the Festival of Rome in 1911 is the restoration of the Baths of Diocletian, ruins of which are fairly well preserved in ...

So if you chance to hear an occasional “IO SATURNALIA!” exclaimed by your favorite Latin student during the week before Christmas, know that you are welcomed to commemorate the ancient Roman ...

The debaucherous festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included animal sacrifices and drunken revelry to honor Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as the Roman founders ...