| Its reliefs depicted the imperial pageants of the praetorians, the Vestals, and the citizenry of Rome. |
| 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. |
| So we live without making anything, as though we were ancient vestals set to keep in a fire. |
| She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. |
| Shall I recommend my young friend to wrap up the heads of his Vestals in a vitta? |
