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The second book begins with a collection of bons mots, to which all present make their contributions, many of them being ascribed to Cicero and Augustus a discussion of various pleasures, especially of the senses, then seems to have taken place, but almost the whole of this is lost. The first book is devoted to an inquiry as to the origin of the Saturnalia and the festivals of Janus, which leads to a history and discussion of the Roman calendar, and to an attempt to derive all forms of worship from that of the Sun.
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"The work takes the form of a series of dialogues among learned men at a fictional banquet." There is little attempt to give any dramatic character to the dialogue in each book some one of the personages takes the leading part, and the remarks of the others serve only as occasions for calling forth fresh displays of erudition. It contains a great variety of curious historical, mythological, critical, antiquarian and grammatical discussions. The Saturnalia consists of an account of the discussions held at the house of Vettius Agorius Praetextatus during the holiday of the Saturnalia. 431 CE by the Roman provincial Macrobius Theodosius (b. Saturnalia ( Latin: Saturnaliorum Libri Septem, "Seven Books of the Saturnalia") is a work written after c. A 1560 printed edition of Macrobius's Saturnalia, included alongside Cicero's Somnium Scipionis.