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Macrobius

Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius (fl. early 5th century). Latin writer; author of the Saturnalia and the Commentary on the Dream of Scipio.

• Saturnalia, Book I c. 430 Saturnalia, Liber I Book I of Macrobius’s Saturnalia: the gathering at Praetextatus’s house, the origins and customs of the Saturnalia, Janus and Saturn, the Roman calendar, and the identification of many gods with the sun—including the Egyptian rite of bringing forth an infant sun at the winter solstice.