Saturnalia - Rome's Awesome Pagan Christmas DOCUMENTARY 

Io Saturnalia!

Can you imagine though? Two thousand years from now on, new cultures might use Merry Christmas! as a meme!!

Io Saturnalia!!!

Io Saturnalia and Happy Festag!

Io Saturnalia!

Lol

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to praise Caeser but to bury him......"

Because he was too drunk to care

Easy J-Lo. Is ARod any better

Pretty sure the crown incident was kind of orchestrated by cesar to weigh if people would be in or out of crowning him. And if not "silly Marc Antony Lol of course i will refuse !" => hourra It's a win either way cause it's said Marc Antony " found the crown" yeah sure i find them on the floor everyday

Well, and the NC-17 aspects weres taken by Carnival.

... any prostitutes provided for new years in your local!?😂

@@diegonatan6301 The cultural phenomenon of The Carnival, or Topsy Turvy, is something that occurred in a lot of cultures. It's a very fascinating sociological occurrence.

I always thought of New Years as drunk xmas tbh

Xmas is for the kids. New years is for the adults. Anyone with kids knows it.

Really? Oh that’s priceless. I wonder what other historical parallels we could find: “Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia.” “Christianity and its cancel culture want to take away Saturnalia from usz

Saturnalia has as much in common with Christmas as Hanukkah. Hanukkah probably is closer being called the Festival of Lights, giving small gifts as candles, and books and small gambling games (pig knuckles like dice) trees were in the temple but not decorated. Homes had greenery in the home as I mentioned above. The only decorating of trees were the poor bare deciduous trees. It was never celebrated on the 25th. It usually was the weeks of the solstice. The Christmas tree came in before Luther in Germany. Christians did a passion play based on paradise lost- the only tree available in December was a evergreen and apples were placed on it, to set up a mock tree of life. Also, Donatists who had been Christians in Carthage were keeping 12/25. They moved to Italy and were keeping it before Elgalabus and Aurelian- who wanted Sol Invictus games moved (from October) to 12/25 specifically to annoy those Christian’s. This is documented research from the Vatican, on the reasons they went with 12/25. There is other documentation backing this up. The reason the Donatists celebrated 12/25 is because early Jewish believers had a tradition of holy men/prophets died on the date they were conceived. Christ was believed to have died 3/25, making his birth 12/25. Personally I believe it was 09/11/0003 when the constellation of Revelation 21 occurred per computer programs. It also is prophetic in relation with the fall feasts. The Spring feasts were fulfilled on those dates, so it seems the fall ones were fulfilled on those Holy days , and will be again. I enjoyed the history and cartoons! I spent a lot of time reading books too, from universities. Many cultures put greenery in the home during winter. It gets stinky when everyone spends more time inside. Evergreens are known to really freshen and cheer folks up.

Black history month was a week but then became a month. Abraham Lincoln birthday is February and he freeed the…

If it was one great big piss up, then we (the English) do it 365 days a year now!

​@@Musick79What a great comment, thank you for all this information, I'm going to look it up myself now. Yeah, I definitely recognized Hanukkah in the description of Saturnalia, and your comment confirmed my thoughts.

Lol

It happens

yeah, but even he had to stop for Saturnalia . . .

Doubt that it's a coincidence. Christianity was good at adapting and absorbing traditions in order to make converting cultures easier.

No way thats coincidence.

@@patronofdragons which... Should not have happened.

Yup. Paganisum in catholic church.

@@eliasartista2195 human experimentation, utter depravity in upper classes, herd culling, using advanced tech to control the populace... In short citizen, a bright and hopeful future for mankind. 😀👍😀👍😀👍

That town crier made Rome Rome in the series for me :D

@@SlayerRiley loved these little sequences with him

Hear hear! He has spoken!

Prostitutes and mimics will not be tollerated

He would probably like our version more. We took his advise on the diner.

@@evershumor1302 Maybe you did

If I remember stoicism in ancient Rome was more "you can't deal with the vagaries of life shit happens deal with it as best as you can" not "suppress emotions"

I would describe it more as Spring Break

no

No that's yule tide. Saturnalia was the time of sin and reverally.

@@hagosyilma2729 YES

@@Dimitri88888888 no

@@Bagginsess Ah no actually it was stolen from the egyptians ...

You can mess with their country, but you do not mess with their parties!

THIS. People legit believe greeks and romans were the same. As an italian, i heavily disagree.

@@andreascovano7742 They kind of have shared origins, and the Patricians claimed to be descended from Greeks, and believed their language evolved from Greek.

@@histguy101 Yeah, it's because attaching yourself to the east was a traditional trope to gain legitimacy and myth. It was a common trope. The etruscans were probably the most natives of the people in the peninsula even predating the Indo europeans. But they still claimed descent from the lydians. They do not have shared origins. The geography is completely different, the language is completely different, the history is completely different. The greeks considered the Epirotes Barbarians. The romans probably were uknown tribes to them.

@@histguy101 Patricians claimed descend either from the Trojans or from gods of the Roman Pantheon. For examples, both the Julii and the Claudii claimed descend from Venus through Aeneas. This is one of the reasons why Octavian commissioned Virgil to write “Aeneid”. I have yet to see a Roman patrician family of Italic origin to claim Greek one.

@@andreascovano7742 modern italians are just german...

I hope it navigates better than the TARDIS :P Or you could end up in the middle of the Spanish Inquisition :P Bet you didn't expect that :D

I do, I do!!! Lmk when you are ready cuz I definitely want to go!! I'm in Kennewick, Washington State!!

I got donuts 🍩

On Nero reign please.

@@thhseeking no one ever expects the Spanish inquisition.

*Saturn's sake.

By Toutatis and Belenos I agree!

@alex coolt There's nothing wrong with being a Jew-loving pagan

@Xiuh Dude, I was making a sarcastic joke. Do you even know what jokes are?

@alex coolt as a Jew-friendly agnostic, I take offense to this. #HappyHanukkah #IoSatvrnalia #HappyChristmas

To be honest, im not sure i'd be able to keep up with their partying, ha

@@jrodriguez1374 I’ll pass out after an hour of nonstop drinking.

Getting down n' gnasty with the germanic tribes.

@@theespartano7203 ur weak then , because they drunk only wine xd

@@Pitbull00000 sounds like you havent tried hard enough. I suggest a Lambrusco. Its delicious, red, and it'll creep up until it hits you like a shovel. Io Saturnalia, stranger!

*Nero enters the chat* How many free hookers did you have though?

@@aenorist2431 JJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA i died xD

IO SATVRNALIA

IO SATURNALIA !!

@@aenorist2431 commodus's reply: a few hundred, and with me in the arena of corse.

It's a complex situation. While there does seem to be an Indo-European substrate of similar gods and religious practices, there is also fairly continuous trading contact between Greek and Latin cultures from an early date. Extensive trade contact goes all the way back to the Greek Archaic period in the 8th and 7th centuries BC when Greek traders, raiders, and colonists came to the Italian peninsula. The Etruscans and Latins adapted the Greek alphabet not long after the Greeks had borrowed and transformed it from the Phoenician alphabet. There was even evidence of earlier trading contact between the late bronze age Helene civilization of the Aegean and the cultures of the Italian peninsula.

Small note, "Proto Indo-European" and "Aryan" should not be used as synonyms. The Aryans were/are one specific branch of the Indo-European family, one of the handful of Asian branches. Because Aryan texts were at one point the oldest known examples of an Indo-European language, "Aryan" was treated as a collective term for a while, but this usage is no longer considered accurate (and additionally has some unfortunate baggage tied to it, with the whole "Aryan master race" idea adopted by White Supremacists).

@@SomasAcademy Aryan = Germanic Aryan = 100% germanic D-N-A and Nordic face structure

@@SomasAcademy "Indo European" is fantasy. Get a brain

@@overlord5068 You say after declaring your belief in the literal fantasies of braindead imperialists from a century ago.

Our family does Secret Santa for extended family, otherwise too expensive.

The Romans did not do secret Santa. Santa is Saint Nicolas. A Catholic priest that gave money to the poor .

Dude I'm trying to read.

Nope

​@@MrChileno13jackass

What is Lupercalia?

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 it's a fertility festival held in February

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 in the name of the warmaster that is, so a heretical holiday

@@mayorgeneralramirez1997 It was a traditional festival which may have dated back to Romulus and Remus. Two priests, one from the Quintilian family and one from the Fabii were chosen. Certain animals would be sacrificed in a cave beneath the Palatine, and the skins of the animals would be cut into thongs. After smearing the priests with the animal blood, the priests, either naked or in loin cloths had to run three laps anticlockwise around the Forum. They would whip passers-by with the thongs, which were called Februa, and it was believed that women lashed with the thongs would be fertile for the year. So many women tried to place themselves in the paths of the running priests. In 44 BC, Julius Caesar added a 3rd house to the college of Lupercalia, the Julian family, and Mark Antony was the first to represent the Julians in the run - that was the same year he offered Caesar the crown three times 👑. This festival was held in February, almost exactly a month before Caesar’s assassination

@@SavingHistory Thank you! Thourouhgly iluminating!

True. Free prostitutes would really distract the soliders

Just like the best time to attack Australia is on Melbourne Cup day XD

Attacking during the biggest celebration for one of the biggest Gods would almost certainly be a big no no, considering how superstitious the ancient world was.

GERMANIA APPROVES.

Lol sure if you REALLY wanna piss off rome. Rome pissed off was terrifying. Straight up lose a quarter of their population in a battle and then demand carthage surrender.

IT'S A TRAP!!

Still is if you make it,family holidays are for losers..

@alex coolt Just that hedonism doesn't mean what you think it does...

In some parts of Europe (at the very least in Spain and Italy) I'd say that it just got split between Christmas and the Carnivals, the weeks long partying part are on the latter one.

@alex coolt Open Wikipedia for a start.

Seneca prided himself on his ability to work in the midst of noise. He rented rooms above a bath house. He was a bit of a prig.

I agree

False

Gonna make me tear up. He’ll always be missed.

You guys celebrate it now??

@@Whysoserious648 yes every year.

@@Shervin86 wow thats really cool ! also thanks for replying after a year lol

here you go: Italy formally recognises Roman polytheist organisation wildhunt.org/2020/12/italy-formally-recognizes-religio-romana-organization.html

@@okulusanomali9716 The holiday. A week party.

I agree with you. The city should bring back this amazing festival and Sol Invictus too.

@@antinoofromgreece6560 They should! Obviously, without its original religious meaning, but for folkloric purposes.

It is its called christmas

Not correct. There is very little evidence for a 'Yule' festival either in England or the Scandinavian countries. The word 'Yule' was the Danish colloquial word for the festival of the Nativity and was introduced into England during their eleventh century occupation of the country. It was taken up by the native English and later the Scots until 'Christmas' eventually supplanted it. But the word Yule continued to be used as a dialect word for Christmas in the northern counties and in Scotland. Yule logs, yule candles, yule babies etc are products of this dialect word during the Christian era.

@@Wotsitorlabart The "Yule log" was an actual log that they would burn each night of the 12 day festival marking the end of the year. This was an ancient Germanic custom that predates Christmas in that region.

@@todradmaker4297 Yet another 'Yuletide' myth. First recorded in Britain in by Robert Herrick in the 1620's/30's in Devon - and he called it a 'Christmas log'. Also known as 'Christmas Brand', 'Christmas Block', 'The Christmas Old Wife'. 'The Festival Block'. Earliest reference anywhere is from Germany in 1184 and appears to have spread from there. Strong suggestion that it came to Britain via Flanders (with its strong trading links) where it was very popular. So, as usual, nothing to do with pagans nor is it pre-Christian.

I made on Saturday. But it turned out more like a Yule Plank...

@@Wotsitorlabart I would think anything firey and warm would be part of a dark winter celebration...

👍

I think that would be an excellent idea.

@@deirdregibbons5609 Actually, doing an episode on what armies eat and all that like for the Roman army one might go great with Tasting History

@@AnthroTsuneon I was thinking exactly the same thing! I know Invicta did an episode on what Roman armies ate and cooked while on campaign, but there are definitely other aspects to explore. For example: what armies ate at the forts and also how the armies influenced the cuisine in their colonies... and vice versa. I could see a lovely dialogue between Invicta and Max as they walk through recipe a and discuss the history behind it. Also, there are possibilities beyond Rome, as Invicta has been exploring the Phoenicians, Aztecs and Old Norse. Plus they've been looking at famous military bands through history whose food traditions could be discussed.

Love Tasting History!

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we already have the king part ....

This is correct

@G3 Heathen Yes,it's called The Phrygian Cap. The Romans called it The Pileus....

@@charles1964 The Phrygian cap isn't of Roman origin. It's from the ancient city-state of Phrygia was located in what is now modern day Turkey. I don't think his animation accurately depicts the cap the Romans actually wore.

@@Venezolano410 Correct,it was a style worn in Anatolia. The Romans wore the Pileus but there were symbolic of Libertas,as depicted on the famous Brutus "Eid March" coins.

@@livefreefungi378 ishtar? astarte? i only hit warhammer things when i search those 2

I see. Well I will leave some links here in case to clear misconception myth about Christmas this video address: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TE8lVXOsOAc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ugxJBb0lPXQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kmLyxtImeYM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GFhHmj77_rg.html

It sounds a lot like Fallas in Valencia, Spain, which also ends on the 19th.

So, do Australians, South Africans, and Argentines, etc. have a holiday to mark the midwinter? A Yule Austral ??

@@MrJm323 I don't know. I'm from Brazil

In the southern hemisphere we celebrate christmas.

@@MrChileno13 but It's celebrated in summer, not in winter, so It's not a winter celebration. I,m aftaid you didn't get my comment..

Barbar!

Your first

@@gwynedd4023 true, but felt no need to point that out 🤪

More of a Festivus guy, just saying

Io SATVRNALIA

Christian to the 25, then Saturnalia to New years!

💯

Sources? Not saying you’re wrong, but the burden of proof lies on people who make the claims.

@@MrPjw5 ~ Actually, if you look at the history of the ritual, the proof is there, and has been for 3500 years. In other words, the thing speaks for itself.

my most favorite comment! thank you for sharing the truth.

Well rural communities supported their whole lives back then. While today, food and clothes grow in supermarkets.

Catholic and Islamic = similar

@@Get_FREE_ROBUX_655 ?

At the University of Louisville world history class I learned that Constantine was an evil invader who wanted to take over the world much like Hitler, etc. and he decided that the only way to rule the world was to create & force with the sword, a one world religion calling it a universal religion (look up the meaning of Catholicism )it says “universal faith” so he invented Catholicism and gave the Romans a choice to pick out the name of the new god that was to be the head of this world religion. the Romans had 50 gods to choose from and in 2 years time allotment, they still couldn’t decide, so they narrowed it down to two of their gods, Zeus and Krishna. so they came up with the name Jesus Christ. Jesus came from Greek Iesus which in Greek means Hail Zeus . Many names in the Greek culture end in us, sus, & sous as a form of honor to Zeus. Krishna is the other god that they chose and in Greek he is called Christos, which in English is Christ. The name “Jesus” translated to Hebrew means “horse”, but the Hebrew name of the Messiah who was persecuted & hung on a cross by the Pharisees & Romans, is in modern Hebrew block style lettering, Yehoshua -meaning Yehovah saves / salvation. (nickname-Yeshua). English it is Joshua which means YHWH saves. This is why in the New Testament where Steven was about to be stoned to death, & speaking about “Joshua”- the person who delivered the Hebrews to the promised land, it was accidentally translated as “Jesus” . Both deliver the people to the promised kingdom. But there is new evidence discovered in the older translation of Hebrew, that Messiah’s name was actually Yahawashi, (ending is the eye sound). but the invasions on the Hebrews kept forcing them to change their lettering system. Strong evidence reveals Originally there were no vowels & each letter simply said its name for its sound. Constantine & Catholic leaders (took & added from & to the Word) & the leaders of the manmade religion of Judaism (added to the WORD) forbade the pronouncing of The True Names of Yah. HalleluYah means praise to Yah, so we have the 1st part of His name preserved. Scribes of Judaism added vowels to the consonants, which is suspect to changing the language & especially the True names of Yah. Messiahs name has Father’s name in it. He represents The Almighty as His Son & took the people away from manmade religion, back to the ancient way. Matthew 4:4 (man is to obey ALL of The Word) & Matthew5:17-20 (Law of Yah observance explained) He hates manmade religious laws that teach us to ignore Father’s Instructions for living. Messiah warned of the wolves in sheep skins who continue to teach the falling away of the Great - -ore of 7 hills who wears purple & red & kills & drinks blood of the saints. I love searching the Scriptures via the Hebrew & some Greek using a Strongs exhaustive concordance & ancient historical writings! Treasure of info & RU-vid has some people doing the same as I. “Seek me & you shall find me!” Seek means search & research in Hebrew. He reveals His Truth not through evil sources ever!! Always consider the spirituality of the source. He is Holy & all powerful- it’s not typically His Way to reveal His secrets. Also interesting that the original Hebrew only had consonants. Why would there be a big deal in writing in the vowels if they existed. Also Matthew 5:17-20 Messiah mentioned not even a “Jot” or a “Tittle” will be voided from The Fathers Law until Heaven & Earth pass away. So these being only consonant values, & the vowel points of Hebrew are much much smaller, so why didn’t He mention those instead? He often spoke so the evil ones couldn’t understand, so I’m looking deeper into this matter. In Jeremiah Yah says stop hiding my name, & stop calling me the names of pagan false gods & don’t even let their names pass over your lips!! He also says in Jeremiah 10:3 not to cut a tree fasten it & hang gold & silver on it. He calls this heathen traditions - false god worship activities. He gave us holidays in the Bible. No Jew no Gentile- one new man in Messiah. No sun god worship, keep Yah’s Sabbath- the 7th day on His calendar!! Come out of her my people!! Messiah about the great -ore in Revelation- she has many daughters! Catholicism gave birth to pagan Christianity. Look behind the Constantine invasion to find truth. It’s in the back of the Scriptures too. 💝🙏📖🕊🕎✝️🕎🌈🙌👑🛡🗡🏆🥖🍷🌈

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Every non-Christian* and they are. But in this context its wrong to be anal about this before the death and Christ and the apostles' doing their thing.

As a Hindu, the word “Pagan” never sat well with me. Non-Abrahamic / pre-Abrahamic European is more fitting IMO. But then again some cultural context might be lost in translation

@@angryowl5972 I don't care

@@fiddlesticks7245 Every non-Arian Christian is heretical. You're a bloody heretic, mate.

Agree. I will leave this links to debunk misnconception myth about Christmas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TE8lVXOsOAc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ugxJBb0lPXQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kmLyxtImeYM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GFhHmj77_rg.html

The Yom Kippur dating has to be the most solid argument ive seen yet, for Jesus being born in December. Even if he is born in September, (the alternative outcome), that would make his conception still on December

His birthday was in August or something

@@histguy101 no December 25

Give us an Emperor from humble beginnings, give us Aurelian!

Bet you still took the day off without a fight though.

The party's soul...

Christmas isn’t pagan

@@breka3482You must be deluded or living in serious denial to think Christmas isn’t pagan. Much of Christianity is based on paganism too, just take the concept of the Trinity…

You don’t need any validation for any religious belief do what you want is the law of nature

Ameen. Brother you need to give her dawah in a polite and courteous way and bring her to the fold of Islam so that she may enter Jannah. May Allah guide your family to the truth.

You mean how people were raped,naked,and intoxicated all over the streets?? Yeah okay

They actully did, or haven't you been payig attention.

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The revolutionaries adopted the pryghien hat precisely because of that, it was a classical symbol of freedom.

@@MaylocBrittinorum Aha! But freedom as a means to what? Hm? I joke, but it’s interesting to think about.

It was originally for freed slaves. The french liked the idea so they coopted it

Ofc!!!

In all but name it does still exist. Like it was written down. The carnival festivities are just that. A week long drinking, parting, watching massive parades and just having fun. There is even a random person that will be appointed to be prince Carnival of there town/village for that week.

Mardi Gras and Carnevale...

Well, we might want to change some things. I could imagine PETA might be really upset about the cows. But otherwise, yes :)

@@adrianbundy3249 lol

@@witchypoo7353 The more I think of it, the more I say we should do it anyway. Just have a bunch of fresh burgers on the market too. And seeing PETA's reaction would be worth the price for admission even as just the cherry on top.

@@adrianbundy3249 lmao. PETA sucks so hard. I swear they’re a cult, but I can’t prove it on the bite model because idk how to use it

Are you Pagan?

Saturn bless you.

Would be great if Christmas remains what it actually is - a religious holiday for those who care. And all people would receive something universal and uniting, instead of debates and confusion.

Make it so!

Happy Festivus!!!