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Celebrated annually in mid-December, Saturnalia was one of the most significant religious and social festivals of the Roman calendar. Dedicated to the god Saturn, the festival marked a temporary suspension of Rome’s rigid social hierarchies and civic norms. During Saturnalia, public business was largely halted, law courts closed, and schools dismissed. Literary sources emphasize the ritualized inversion of social order: enslaved people were permitted to dine with their masters, speak freely, and