The Festival For Slaves

The Ancient Romans celebrated the festival of Saturnalia from 17th of December till 23rd of December. It was their way of showing respect towards deity Saturn. The interesting part of Saturnalia was that during the celebrations, the masters and their slaves exchanged roles. Slaves used to run back and forth to fulfill their masters’ demands throughout the year, during Saturnalia these roles were reversed. What we aren’t sure of is whether the masters enjoyed being a slave or not.