Virgo Vestalis
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For Virgines Vestales in Nova Roma, see: Priests (Nova Roma).
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View along the Via Sacra showing the Arch of Titus and the Temple of Vesta, Rome.
Vestal Virgins (Lat. Virgines Vestales) were priestesses of Vesta. They tended the sacred fire in the Temple of Vesta in Rome.
See also: mola salsa, spelt cake.
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