Happy Saturnalia, Everyone!

[Persian Prep :)]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

Saturnalia was introduced around 217 BCE to raise citizen morale after a crushing military defeat at the hands of the Carthaginians.[1] Originally celebrated for a day, on December 17, its popularity saw it grow until it became a week-long extravaganza, ending on the 23rd.(...)

Saturnalia was a time to eat, drink, and be merry. The toga was not worn, but rather the synthesis, i.e. colorful, informal "dinner clothes"; and the pileus (freedman's hat) was worn by everyone. Slaves were exempt from punishment, and treated their masters with (a pretense of) disrespect. The slaves celebrated a banquet: before, with, or served by the masters. Yet the reversal of the social order was mostly superficial; the banquet, for example, would often be prepared by the slaves, and they would prepare their masters' dinner as well. It was license within careful boundaries; it reversed the social order without subverting it

 

[sonie607]

It was good to be a slave back then :neutral: :whip:.

 

[Bradly]

Wow that's really interesting

 

[christina62310]

Right. I imagine that the whipping you didn't get today you got tomorrow. As well as tomorrow's whipping.