I don't think we're really remembering something, per say. Unless you count remembering one of our gods. I think the candles are more a carry over from an ancient part of the celebration, it was a festival of lights in Ancient Rome when they were celebrating the winter solstice and how the light would start coming back now that winter was at its peak. Candles were also one of the common gifts given back then, so I think we just ran with that in New Rome.
[You don't think about these things until someone asks. Jason never even really considered the meaning behind some of these traditions until now and now he wished he'd asked more about it.]
Saturn is the Roman god of plenty, wealth, and agriculture...to name a few. The festival came about after the Golden Age when he was representing the peace and prosperity of the time -- that just carried over and Romans continued to celebrate the peak of their civilization.
Oh, so I guess that could be another thing they are remembering.
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I don't think we're really remembering something, per say. Unless you count remembering one of our gods. I think the candles are more a carry over from an ancient part of the celebration, it was a festival of lights in Ancient Rome when they were celebrating the winter solstice and how the light would start coming back now that winter was at its peak. Candles were also one of the common gifts given back then, so I think we just ran with that in New Rome.
[You don't think about these things until someone asks. Jason never even really considered the meaning behind some of these traditions until now and now he wished he'd asked more about it.]
Saturn is the Roman god of plenty, wealth, and agriculture...to name a few. The festival came about after the Golden Age when he was representing the peace and prosperity of the time -- that just carried over and Romans continued to celebrate the peak of their civilization.
Oh, so I guess that could be another thing they are remembering.