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The Temple of Vesta, the Atrium of the Vestal Virgins (House of the Vestal Virgins), and the Regia are the earliest evidence of the Cult of Vesta. The original Temple of Vesta stood on the east end of the forum near the house of the Vestal Virgins and the Regia. Beyond that cluster of buildings is the Via Sacra (Sacred Way) which ran uphill. [11]
Cicero also records a Vestal Fonteia, present during the trial of her brother in 69. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] [ 94 ] Fabia , admitted to the order in 80 and made chief Vestal around 50, was half-sister of Terentia (Cicero's first wife), and full sister of Fabia the wife of Dolabella who later married her niece Tullia ; she was probably mother of the later ...
The House of the Vestal Virgins (Latin: Atrium Vestae; Italian: Casa delle Vestali) was the residence of Vestal Virgins, [1] located behind the circular Temple of Vesta at the eastern edge of the Roman Forum, between the Regia and the Palatine Hill.
The Temple of Saturn, Arch of Septimius Severus, and Temple of Vespasian and Titus. Altar of Saturn (Ara Saturni), much older than the associated Temple of Saturn; Arch of Augustus (29 BC), commemorated the Battle of Actium (31 BC) Arch of Fabius (Fornix Fabianus; 121 BC), earliest triumphal arch in the Forum; Arch of Tiberius (16 AD)
The priestesses of Vesta, known as Vestal Virgins, administered her temple and sustained its sacred fire. The existence of Vestal Virgins in Alba Longa is connected with early Roman traditions, for the mother of Romulus' and Remus, Silvia , was a priestess of Vesta, impregnated by either Mars or Hercules .
The so-called Temple of Vesta is a small circular Roman temple (so a tholos) in Tivoli, Italy, dating to the early 1st century BC. Its ruins are dramatically sited on the acropolis of the Etruscan and Roman city, [ 1 ] overlooking the falls of the Aniene and a picturesque narrow gully.
Bucchero pottery sherd from the Regia inscribed "Rex" According to ancient tradition it was built by the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, as a royal palace. [3] Indeed, the Latin term regia can be translated as royal residence. It is said that he also built the Temple of Vesta and the House of the Vestal Virgins as well as the Domus Publica ...
Vestalia was a Roman religious festival in honor of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and the burning continuation of the sacred fire of Rome.It was held from 7–15 June, and was reserved as a women's-only event.