Note 90 — BOOK XIV. (continued 2)
Charles Duke Yonge translation
The Saturnalia originally took place on the 19th of December; in the time of Augustus, on the 17th, 18th, and 19th: but the merrymaking in reality appears to have lasted seven days. Horace speaks of the licence then permitted to the slaves:—
"Age, libertate Decembri, Quando ita majores voluerunt, utere—narra."—Sat. ii. 7. 4. —Vide Smith, Gr. Lat. Ant.