Shall I recommend my young friend to wrap up the heads of his Vestals in a vitta? |
Its reliefs depicted the imperial pageants of the praetorians, the Vestals, and the citizenry of Rome. |
She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. |
The Tablinum in the house of the vestals and the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol were paved with sectile mosaic. |
The younger Vestals, whose attendance on the sacred fire and care of the Temple she oversaw, wondered at her exacting petulance. |
As the Vestals were regarded as daughters of the community, this offense essentially constituted incest. |