Virgines Vestalis



Origin
´Numa Pompilius
´Prosperity and welfare
´Palladium
´Cleaning the floor of Veseta temple

Social status and rights
´Not under power of their father
´Pontifex maximus
´Lictor
´Testament
´Punishment
´Virgines and prisoners

Virgines Vestalis and archaic time
´Mary Beard – aspect of mother, daugther and man
´James Frazer – women for kings
´Georges Dumézil – transition from matriarchy to patriachy
´Robert Graves – protecting of a phallic palladium
´A. Staple and H. N. Parker
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Virgines Vestalis and other stories
´Silva Rhea
´Gallic sack of Rome (387 BC)
´Aemilia
´Tuccia