Vestal virgins were women priestesses to the goddess of Hearth, Vesta, in Ancient Rome. They represented the daughters of the royal house, who tended the state cult of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. These six women where choses between the ages of 6 and 10 by the chief of priest, pontifex maximus. They had to be freeborn of freedom, have both parents alive, and free from physical and mental defects. The six virgins served for 30 years, during which they had to remain virgins.
These six women were very important and had important duties to fulfill. Those duties were to guard the fire on the state hearth in the temple of Vesta in Rome, fetching water from a sacred spring, caring for objects in the temple’s inner sanctuary, keeping their vow
These six women were very important and had important duties to fulfill. Those duties were to guard the fire on the state hearth in the temple of Vesta in Rome, fetching water from a sacred spring, caring for objects in the temple’s inner sanctuary, keeping their vow