The first day of March the Vestalslighted a new fire on the Altar of the Goddesse; that by the renewing of the year, they should renew in themselves their care of keeping it from going out.
The Tablinum in the house of the vestalsand the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol were paved with sectile mosaic.
Even at Rome the perpetual maidenhood of the Vestals was a unique observance; and they were the keepers of the hearth-fire of the city, not the intermediaries between it and its gods.
Poppæa, not finding the virgo magna, who with other vestals was at the house of Vatinius, returned soon to the Palatine.
In vain did hymns of praise sound in his ears; in vain did vestals kiss his "divine" hand, and while doing so Rubria bent till her reddish hair touched his breast.
Cæsar with the vestals and the Augustians left the amphitheatre, and withdrew to an immense scarlet tent erected purposely; in this was prepared for him and the guests a magnificent prandium.
Latterly, it had been found necessary to supply vacancies with children, and even under these circumstances, the number of Vestals buried alive bore but a very small proportion to the number who had incurred this dread penalty.
It was notorious that the college of Vestals had been sustained with great difficulty.
The right of the vestals was well known in Rome, though it was rarely used, for they were not often seen in the streets.
It had been serviceable, indeed, and though the need of it had gone, still the institution endured, and in enduring constituted the chief delight of the vestals and of Rome.
It was then the eyes of the vestals lighted; artistic death was their chiefest joy, and in a moment, when the spectacle began and the first gladiator fell, above the din you could hear their cry "Hic habet!
Coecus, standing up, pronounced her doom--that which from time immemorial had been inflicted on vestals who had been guilty of breaking their vows.
That she is no longer worthy of being numbered among the vestals of Rome, I have already placed sufficient evidence before you.
She was aware that she no longer retained the affection of any of the vestals under her charge.
Fausta and three other vestals accompanied the funeral procession, but no weeping relatives and friends--as in most instances would have been the case--followed Coelia.
The Vestals were required to be plain in their dress, and in order to extend this plainness as far as possible to their looks, their hair was cut very short, however much they may have been distressed at parting with their tresses.
Though the duties of the Vestals were rigidly enforced, and the letting out of the sacred fire was, in some cases, punished by the extinction of the delinquent's vital spark, they enjoyed some peculiar advantages.
The Code deals with a class of persons devoted to the service of a god, as vestals or hierodules.
Vestals frequently adopted daughters, usually other vestals, to care for their old age.
The vestalswere vowed to chastity, lived together in a great nunnery, were forbidden to open or enter a tavern, and together with other votaries had many privileges.
Thus were the vestals punished who preserved not their chastity.
During this long period of nearly seven hundred years the Atrium Vestae underwent many changes and received other tenants, for the new excavations show that it had been inhabited after the Vestals were abolished.
Historically they are of no great importance, giving us only names of Vestals that were already known.
The Vestalsalone were permitted to behold the Trojan Minerva" (ibid.
Among others, the Vestals fled from the city, carrying with them the two Palladiums and the sacred fire.
How were the vestals punished for a breach of their vows?
The mother was condemned to be buried alive, the usual punishment for vestals who had violated their vows, and the twins were ordered to be flung into the river Tiber.
The vestals were bound by a vow of perpetual virginity, and a violation of this oath was cruelly punished.
They uttered oracles, devoted themselves to a lasting virginity, and like the vestals of the Greek and Roman mythology, kept a perpetual fire in the temple of their goddess.
However this may be, the Vestals took the most important of their holy things and betook themselves to flight along the Tiber.
The vestals are corrected by stripes for any faults which they commit, sometimes by the Pontifex Maximus, who flogs the culprit without her clothes, but with a curtain drawn before her.
Thus are the vestals punished who lose their chastity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vestals" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
