HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Vestal Virgin, Tunxis Community College, Pontifex Maximus
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How many birds they see in configuration. How to figure out what the gods want. Looks at entrails of animals of sacrifices using a model to get advice from the gods on whether rome should do something. Women dedicated to vesta and take a promise of virginity for 30 years. Vestal breaking her vow leads to bad things for rome. She"s walled up because if she"s innocent a god will save her. The man is also killed if he is found. 10 years being the older part training the younger priestesses. Represent the purity of the roman people. Keep a hearth representing the home and keep the fire going. Father of romulus and remus and the god of war. Sacrifices should be done in the right time at the right place to keep the gods happy. Lares figurines that represent the spirits of the ancestors. Penates spirits that represent the supplies.
