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Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of abbreviations xiii
Introduction 1
Within the aedes Vestae 6
The Vestals in public 22
Vestal initiation - the rite of captio 37
The Vestals' virginity 51
The Vestals' legal and financial position 64
The Vestals in the Romans' history 76
The Vestals in Roman history 91
Conclusion 109
Original texts of translated passages 111
List of known Vestals in chronological order 142
Bibliography 144
Index 156
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reviewed Rome's Vestal Virgins on October 29, 2015 Rome's Vestal Virgins
Wildfang lays out her case like a lawyer in a high stakes trial, determined to make, us, the ladies and gentlemen of the reading-jury, understand exactly what happened.
She is very clear on what is known, what is not known, who the sources were, what biases come to play, what possible motivations could have been behind specific actions, and some very grounded theories on the goals behind the actions taken.
What impressed me the most was that, while being a Vestal Virgin granted a woman a tremendous amount of autonomy that most Roman women did not enjoy, she was also first on the chopping block as a scapegoat whenever Rome was going through a particularly bad time.
An excellent analytic introduction to a still not well understood aspect of ancient Roman history.
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