Saturnalia Holiday Party ASMR | Witch Casts A Spell for You on Saturnalia | Roman History ASMR

Io Saturnalia! You're cordially invited to a Saturnalia Holiday Party ASMR roleplay this holiday season to help you destress & cast off any troubles from the past year. For before the Roman Empire was the Holy Roman Empire & before there was an official Christmas holiday, there was Saturnalia—the winter holiday (winter solstice) celebrated by the ancient Romans in honor of the god Saturn to give thanks for a plentiful harvest. In this ancient Roman History ASMR, some of the traditions of Saturnalia are remembered, such as gambling, wine guzzling, dormouse binging, the switching of roles by masters & slaves, offering sacrifices to the Roman gods & goddesses & the giving of gifts, Sigillaria in particular. During Saturnalia, the ancient Romans exchanged Sigillaria (kitschy clay or wax figurines of the gods & goddesses, animals, amphoras & various other objects). Although in the early days of Rome actual human sacrifices were made to the deities, Sigillaria stand-ins later alleviated actual humans from their Saturnalia sacrificial duties (so each of them could work instead as a sigillarius–a maker of Sigillaria). However, in circa 89 AD Rome was really feeling the effects of a growing cult that was threatening the divine authority of the Roman pantheon & the Roman emperor, so some Romans decided it was time to return to Roman traditions, namely human sacrifices. (this last part is fiction, but critical to the plot of this dark, witchy ASMR History roleplay.) What is true is that before Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in 312 AD, Christianity was considered a heretic cult in Rome that undermined Roman values, traditions & authority (slaves were rebelling) & Christians were persecuted in Rome. So, it is possible that some Romans did feel the need to return to the sacrifice tradition to prove their loyalties to the deities & to the emperor & restore Rome to its former golden age glory. The Roman witch you’re about to meet in this ASMR Holiday Party Saturnalia roleplay also has her own reasons for resurrecting the more brutal ancient Roman traditions.

The premise: It’s 90 AD, and you are a slave from the Levant (modern day Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine & Turkey—take your pick) which is under control of the Roman Empire. Your master has dragged you to Rome on some business (selling silk) during the Saturnalia holiday season. Since it’s Saturnalia, of course you’ve found yourself at a raucous Roman party where there’s more than enough wine, gambling, music, dancing, stuffed dormice, gossip & witchcraft to go around. You’re a little leery about the Romans, so you’re exercising caution. But, although you’re far from home during the holidays & don’t know a single soul at this bacchanalian, you’re trying to be social, and sit down next to an eccentric Roman (?) woman playing dice by herself. (What transpires convinces you this 90 AD Saturnalia party may have been the inspiration for the Purge.) She offers you some Roman hospitality, some wine & a spell to make your Saturnalia especially merry & your future bright…

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Io Saturnalia & Libertus sum! (You have been freed!)

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Note: I rushed this video to get out in time for the holidays, so the sound is not perfect. If you enjoy the premise of this video but find the sound is too soft/quiet (or maybe even harsh in spots), I can plan to make similar Roman themed videos in January or redo the sound on this one if enough people register interest.

Happy Holidays!