🪷 November 24th is the start of the Roman #Brumalia #WinterSolstice festival honoring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which end 24 December with #Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". Fest greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Photo #KeithMezaenAsetHoberg.🪷

#Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html

November 24th is the start of the Roman #Brumalia #WinterSolstice festival honoring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. Four weeks of revelry which end 24 Dec with #Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". Fest greeting: "Vives annos" Live for years! Festive photo by #SandraGore.