# Did the romans invent christmas? #### (2009) - Matt Salusbury **Link**:: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/did-romans-invent-christmas **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Salusbury2009-jp] ### Abstract ``` Did the first Christian Roman emperor appropriate the pagan festival of Saturnalia to celebrate the birth of Christ? Matt Salusbury weighs the evidence. ``` ### Notes