![]() Whether you’re interested in the myth or the archaeology, one of these playsets is bound to provide a fun and creative challenge to build over the holidays! Just print, colour, cut and glue!Īfter their successful debut on Twitter and Instagram and pre-order campaign, the kits are now available to download on Gumroad (PayPal enabled) or Etsy. sacrifice and banquet for the god Saturn universal wearing of the pileus. As a duo they stack together to make one impressive structure, and are also available as separate kits, with full instructions given and construction videos coming soon. There, hurrying through them, wearing a synthesis of most extraordinary colour with a matching pileus, was Julian, accompanied by his loving wife, Viola. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn. Throughout the week Roman citizens and slaves were all allowed to freely participate in the festivities as equals, making it a very popular holiday. Celebrations began on December 17th and ended on December 23rd. They could drink in public, gamble & eat in the same room as the masters who may even serve the slaves & allow some insolence from them. Saturnalia was a week-long celebration that honored the Harvest god Saturn, the Roman equivalent of the Greek Titan, Cronus. ![]() Adding to the ‘ Playsets’ section of my shop, previously just containing the Trojan War Playset kit and Trojan Horse kit, is my new set of builds: the Labyrinth, a proper 3D maze with moving wall sections and Minotaur-myth characters that’s also playable as a board game or usable as a D&D dungeon and the Knossos Palace Throne Room, a meticulous paper reconstruction of the Throne Room at Knossos, with its lustral basin, stone throne, wooden columns, and objects researched from the Heraklion Museum of Crete and the finds in the Temple Repository at Knossos. RT TrimontiumTrust: During Saturnalia slaves were temporarily ‘freed’ & wore the pileus -cap of freedom.
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