Daily Life in Late Antiquity Quotes

“The Christian festival calendar expanded considerably during Late Antiquity. Christmas, or Christ’s birth, has been celebrated on December 25 since at least the middle of the fourth century (though it was a relatively minor feast day that accrued additional traditions, such as gift-giving, from association with the Roman winter festival of Saturnalia); Pentecost was marked in the late spring to remember the descent of the Holy Spirit as described in the Acts of the Apostles (2:1–31); and the Easter cycle took shape as the most important part of the Christian liturgical year.”
― Kristina Sessa, Daily Life in Late Antiquity

“It is important to remember that while we see waiting in line for food handouts as an act associated exclusively with impoverishment, the late Romans viewed it as a mark of citizen status and even privilege.”
― Kristina Sessa, Daily Life in Late Antiquity