According to Plutarch and Dio Casio, if the vestals had sexual relations they were placed in an underground cell along with a lamp and a loaf of bread awaiting death.
Traditional representation of the vestalsABC
01/02/2023
Updated at 09:09 a.m.
Among the most highly regarded women in Rome were the vestals, priestesses consecrated to the goddess Vesta with a single mission in life: to always keep the sacred fire burning that represented the continuity of the State. Although, in practice, they also kept basic documents …
