Yesterday Meets Today: Themes Throughout History
Explore the themes connecting the past, from the ancient all the way to today. Each month we'll examine a new theme, focusing on a different society and time in history each week before bringing the connections together with our own more recent history in the final week of the month. Together we'll discover that the we're more connected to the times and societies of the past than we knew.
Yesterday Meets Today: Themes Throughout History
'Tis the Season: Saturnalia
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Spenser
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Season 4
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Episode 1
We begin our December theme by traveling back to Ancient Rome. Here we examine the festival Saturnalia including its origins, traditions, and some of the changes it underwent when impacted by Greek influences as well as the transition from Roman Republic to Empire.