Virgo Vestalis

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §3 Vestal

  Priestess of Vesta vowed to chastity; the office Amulius forced on Rhea Silvia.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §44 Vestal virgin

  Priestess of Vesta vowed to chastity, tending the eternal hearth-fire of Rome; unchastity was punished by burial alive.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §39 the Vestal priestesses

  The virgin priestesses of Vesta who tended the eternal fire and the pledge of empire; only the city's capture ever moved them from their seat.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §20 the flamens and the Vestals

  The Vestal Virgins and the flamens, Rome's priests; Caere had given them refuge and so claims a sacred bond.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §15 a Vestal

  One of the priestesses of Vesta, vowed to chastity and the keeping of the sacred fire.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §57 Vestals

  The Vestal Virgins, priestesses of Vesta sworn to chastity; unchastity was punished by live burial.