saeturnus

Updated: May 14, 2025

Various points in the interpretation are uncertain, particularly as respects the third line. I. II. Art The god of sowing, -Saeturnus- or -Saiturnus-, afterwards -Saturnus-, received his name from the same root; his feast, the Saturnalia, was certainly a sort of carnival, and it is possible that the farces were originally exhibited chiefly at this feast.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy

Various points in the interpretation are uncertain, particularly as respects the third line. I. II. Art The god of sowing, -Saeturnus- or -Saiturnus-, afterwards -Saturnus-, received his name from the same root; his feast, the Saturnalia, was certainly a sort of carnival, and it is possible that the farces were originally exhibited chiefly at this feast.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)