Temple of Vesta And the House of the Vestal Virgins Audrey Palmer.
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Temple of VestaAnd the House of the Vestal Virgins
Audrey Palmer
Location
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta
Origin/Use
•Vesta is goddess of the hearth
•Considered protector of Rome
•Every Roman household had shrine to her
• Called lares and penates
•Builder of temple unknown
Temple in Ancient Times
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html
Importance/Use
•Sacred flame perpetually burned in
temple
• Flame = Roman belief of eternity of
city
•Temple built to represent primitive
round hut
•Vestal Virgins tended flame
•Held power in city
•Destroyed in fire of Nero in AD 64
Temple in Modern Times
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html
BibliographyWorld Book Onlinehttp://worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar584220&st=temple+of+vesta
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/vesta.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/2/32.html